
Episode #42
#42: Cape Town’s Day Zero – Lessons from the city that almost ran dry
<p><b>In this episode of </b><b>Tap’d In</b><b>, hosts Jordan and Lana revisit one of the world’s most famous water crises: Cape Town’s near-“Day Zero” in 2018, when the city was on the brink of shutting off its taps. Drawing from </b><b>National Geographic’s </b><b>reporting, they explore how climate change, drought, and rapid population growth pushed the city to the edge, while racial and socioeconomic disparities deepened the impact—leaving poorer, majority-Black townships most vulnerable. Jordan and Lana break down the emergency measures that helped Cape Town narrowly avoid disaster, from...

