Civilization Begins to Dry Up in Cape Town

Not long ago, South Africa was a prosperous First World nation. But then it was bullied into becoming part of the Third World. The new South Africa can’t even keep water coming out of the taps:

Cape Town may become the first large city in the world to run out of water, as officials warn there are fewer than 90 days left before the supply runs dry.

The city’s mayor Patricia De Lille said residents had until 22 April until “day zero”, when authorities have estimated the water supply will be finished if residents do not scale back their usage.

Predictably, authorities have made scaling back mandatory.

Cape Town’s four million residents have been told to keep their showers under two minutes and have been banned from watering gardens, washing cars and filling swimming pools.

People have also been told to recycle bathwater and limit their usage of washing machines.

They are trying to solve the problem with technology, by drilling into aquifers and desalinating seawater. But this is not the same South Africa that once had the expertise to develop nuclear weapons.

In another few decades, Cape Town may be a ghost town.

On a tip from Bodhisattva.