Day Zero

We hijacked more and more water trucks.

That was the only thing that got them to notice us.

Aggression.

What would you do if you knew what I know?

When I started working for Helen I was 28 years old.

I'm now 54 years old.

I'm doing everything at her house.

Wash, clean, iron, everything.

I cook, I do everything.

But with all those things, I need to save water.

Because one day we are going to wake up and we don't have water.

And then what's gonna happen without water?

Would you like some water to drink?

I always give some people, you know, I always give water.

There is a problem with water in Capricorn.

We get water in the morning at six o' clock.

Around ten or eleven, there is no more water.

In my house I tell them all every day.

We need to save water, we can't just do

whatever we do with water. We need to save water.

We wake up at five o' clock in the morning to fetch water,

it only lasts for one hour.

Some of us working night shifts, when we come back, there's no water.

We must wait until tomorrow.

And this water in the taps,

you can't drink it, it smells.

It's horrible. Sometimes it's green.

But we must drink it, there's no choice.

Sometimes there's no water to cook.

To cook porridge here, there's no water.

Even to buy water it's expensive.

To buy water is very expensive.

I buy it for my son, it's safer for him to drink that water.