Drought-hit Cape Town Pushes Back 'Day Zero'

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Cape Town in South Africa is running out of water. But a decline in water usage and intervention by local farmers has helped to push back the date when the taps will run dry. Can a tourism sector which supports 300,000 jobs keep thriving in a world where washing from a bucket and standpipes protected by the military are a daily reality? Sana Ntshona, the CEO of South Africa Tourism, remains optimistic. What has fuelled the rise of Fake News? Professor Rasmus Nielsen believes the decline of local newspapers has played a role. He explains why. We also chart how a local paper can go from nationwide acclaim to imminent closure. Fergus Nicoll is joined throughout the programme by Madhavan Narayanan, an independent writer and journalist, and Andy Uhler, a reporter with the BBC's US counterparts, Marketplace. Picture: People collect drinking water from pipes fed by an underground spring, in Cape Town (Credit: AFP/Getty).