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The country’s second city is running out of water. It has predicted that Day Zero – when most taps will be switched off – will occur on April 12. Last month, the city announced that starting on February 1, households consuming more than 350 litres of water a day would face fines and the installation of a water-management device on their property. Ramaphosa, then deputy president recently told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in Davos, Switzerland, that he was putting together a team to help prepare for the possibility that Cape Town will run out of water soon. The ANC leader while addressing the commemoration of Nelson Mandela from prison in Cape Town last week also called for unity amid the ongoing water crisis. As the president now, his task would be to intervene in the crisis and find an amicable solution.