Drought in South Africa

People collect drinking water from pipes fed by an underground spring, in St. James, about 25km from Cape Town.

People collect drinking water from pipes fed by an underground spring in St. James, about 25km from Cape Town.

Tree trunks, which were submersed when the dam was full, stand in the critically low Theewaterskloof Dam in Villiersdorp, South Africa. Theewaterskloof Dam is the single biggest dam supplying water to Cape Town.

Dead fish on the dry bed of the critically low Theewaterskloof Dam in Villiersdorp, South Africa. Theewaterskloof Dam is the single biggest dam supplying water to Cape Town.

A general view of the critically low Theewaterskloof Dam in Villiersdorp, South Africa.