South Africa 's second - largest city , Cape Town , is expected to run out of water by 202 April . The worst drought in more than a century , partnered with climate change and the city 's rapid population growth , is exacerbating the water shortage , forcing residents to recycle # ##houses . " It is quite unbelievable that a lot of people do not seem to care and are sending all of us headlong towards Day Zero " , said the Mayor 's office .
South Africa's second-largest city, Cape Town, is expected to run out of water by 12 April. The worst drought in more than a century, partnered with climate change and the city's rapid population growth, is exacerbating the water shortage, forcing residents to recycle bath water. "It is quite unbelievable that a majority of people do not seem to care and are sending all of us headlong towards Day Zero", said the Mayor's office.