Major City DESPERATELY Avoiding Catastrophe
February 21, 2018
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as posted by the channelCape Town is taking extreme measure in order to avoid running out of water. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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“LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Markus Rohner flew into Cape Town’s airport this month, he found an unexpected line at the men’s washroom.
With the city facing an unprecedented water shortage, airport authorities had turned off all the sink taps but one, leaving visitors to wait in line to wash their hands, under the watchful eye of a bathroom attendant.
“In Johannesburg, there were a lot of jokes about the situation. People were saying to each other: ‘Let’s go to Cape Town for a dirty weekend’,” said Rohner, who visited both cities recently for his job as a sales and marketing director for a Swiss machinery manufacturer.
Cape Town, which is battling to keep its taps flowing as reservoirs run close to dry following a three-year drought, declared a national disaster this month. Without rain, Cape Town could run out of water by July 9, city authorities predict.
For visitors thinking of flying into one of the world’s tourism hotspots, threats of a water “Day Zero” raise a range of questions: Will a visit waste scarce water local people need? Will I be able to flush my hotel toilet and have a shower? Should I come at all?
Sisa Ntshona, who heads the tourism marketing arm of South Africa’s government, has the answer you’d expect: Tourists - who support an estimated 300,000 jobs in South Africa’s Western Cape province - should come but they should be prepared to help out and “Save like a local”, as the slogan goes.”
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