# @bbcnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DUV9h6wCuib
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/55216857-bbcnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-04T16:44:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

"You cannot live without water, but we're often left without it for days."
 
Fears that the taps in the South African tourist resort of Knysna could soon run dry - a moment known as "day zero" - have prompted a state of disaster to be declared.
 
It's the latest South African town to be hit by a severe water crisis, caused by the failure to maintain infrastructure and changing weather patterns.
 
A retirement centre in Knysna  already experienced its version of "day zero" - when a fault at a local municipal plant left the elderly residents without any water for 10 days last October.
 
Tap the link in BBCNews's bio to read what the government is doing about it.
 
(📷 Getty Images)
 
#SouthAfrica #Knysna #BBCNews

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