It rained last week.
Here is the bad news.
:: Cape Town introduces ‘world’s first water police’ after drought Residents have slashed the amount of water they use in half – from 1.2 billion litres to 522 million litres per day – representing an unprecedented act of collective water conservation.
The city restricts Capetonians to a thrifty 50 litres of water a day but Ms du Toit says her daily usage is around 15 litres, "plus a little bit for our fish tank – we do top it up occasionally."
When you consider that it takes about 20 litres of water just to flush the toilet a couple of times, this Cape Town teacher is something of a revolutionary.
Of course, Ms du Toit is not the only water-revolutionary in town.
Bev Antoncich, the well-coiffured director of the hair salon Perfectly Pampered, runs special "bucket and jug days" at her business.
We would give them a complete bath with the jugs.
Ms Antoncich says she has completely changed about the way she thinks about water and cannot bear the thought of any going to waste.
"You know, I think it would be easier for us if we didn’t have to ‘bucket and jug’ but we will still be saving water," she said.