The most comprehensive resource of first-hand reflections on the crisis
Conducted and filmed over the twelve-month period from September 2018 to September 2019, the 39 in-depth interviews below, with a total runtime of 43 hours, constitute the largest collection of first-hand reflections on the drought and the Cape Town water crisis. Interviewees were selected to represent a variety of viewpoints, backgrounds and sectors, and generously contributed their thinking rooted in experience and knowledge ranging over a widely diverse set of disciplines and subject areas. These filmed interviews provided the raw material from which the lessons in the learning outputs were distilled.
Amanda Gcanga
Researcher: Western Cape Economic Development Partnership
Jessica Wilson
Previously programme manager: Environmental Monitoring Group
George Gabriel
Social anthropologist, consultant and facilitator
Andrew Boraine
CEO: Western Cape Economic Development Partnership
Feroz Koor
Group head of sustainability: Woolworths
Prof Mark New
Pro Vice-Chancellor for Climate Change: University of Cape Town
Dr Piotr Wolski
Research Associate: Climate System Analysis Group, UCT
Mike Mulcahy
CEO: GreenCape
Dr Rolfe Eberhard
Independent public policy advisor
Assoc Prof Gina Ziervogel
Research chair: African Climate and Development Initiative, UCT
Dr Kevin Winter
Senior lecturer: Environmental and Geographical Science, UCT
Mike Spicer
Deputy chairman: Wesgro
Nardo Snyman
Sustainability specialist: Growthpoint Properties
Claire Pengelly
Water programme manager: GreenCape
David Green
CEO: V&A Waterfront
Craig Kesson
Chief Resilience Officer: City of Cape Town
Gareth Morgan
Director: Resilience, City of Cape Town
Carl Opperman
CEO: Agri Wes Cape
Priya Reddy
Director: Communication, City of Cape Town
André Roux
Director: Sustainable Resource Management, Western Cape Govt
Barry Wood
Manager: Bulk Water, City of Cape Town
Alderman Ian Neilson
Deputy Mayor: City of Cape Town
Thabo Lusithi
Western Cape Water Caucus coordinator: EMG
Nathan Geffen
Founder: GroundUp
Louise Stafford
Director: The Nature Conservancy
Helen Davies
Chief Director: Green Economy, Western Cape Government
Councillor Xanthea Limberg
Mayoral committee member for Water: City of Cape Town
Charlton Ziervogel
Managing Director: Community Organisation Resource Centre
Mavis Manyati
Community leader: Block 6, Philippi
Prof Martine Visser
Professor: School of Economics, University of Cape Town
Dr Lloyd Fisher-Jeffes
Water resources engineer: Aurecon
Khiyam Fredericks
National Technical Manager: Old Mutual
Bronwyn Nortje
Independent corporate affairs and communications consultant
Kim Kruyshaar
Owner: Green Audits Into Action
Peter Flower
Recently retired Director: Water and Sanitation, City of Cape Town
Dr Gisela Kaiser
Previously Executive Director: Informal settlements, Water & Waste, CoCT
Riyaz Rawoot
Citizen, previously “water master” at Kildare spring
Colin Deiner
Chief Director: Disaster Management, Western Cape government
Councillor JP Smith
Mayoral committee member for safety and security: City of Cape Town
