Cape Town Cops Are Punishing People For Using Too Much Water (HBO)

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Cape Town Cops Are Punishing People For Using Too Much Water (HBO)

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5 жыл бұрын

Cape Town, South Africa, just narrowly avoided being the first major city in the world to run out of water. But now residents are realizing just how precarious their water security really is - even the city's police are keeping track of it.
The fear of "Day Zero" - or when the city's dams fall below 14 percent - has sparked major conservation efforts, including city-wide water restrictions for residents and businesses. Currently, residents are limited to 13 gallons of water per day, the equivalent to a six-minute shower in the U.S.
VICE News rode along with the “water police” in two different Cape town neighborhoods to see what these enforcements looked like on the ground.
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@VICENews 5 жыл бұрын

VICE News rode along with the “water police” in two different Cape town neighborhoods to see what these enforcements looked like on the ground. WATCH NEXT: Climate Change Is Making This Alaskan Town Fall Into The Ocean - bit.ly/2DeyhUJ

@DK_tk3 5 жыл бұрын

VICE News Good thing you keep driving and flying to these places. You bunch of hypocrites.

@mattheworegan5371 4 жыл бұрын

3:45 Boerhole

@melvin9024 3 жыл бұрын

Nub

@SkidxD 5 жыл бұрын

The police cars seem very clean, something's afoot...

@MrTentakul 5 жыл бұрын

They just use leave blower to blow away dust

@nodnoc 5 жыл бұрын

@@jaridkeen123 Ah, here is the hero we need' coming to correct the spelling of a youtube comment!

@romanmartinez3701 5 жыл бұрын

@@jaridkeen123 I saw you on a political video I was watching yesturday,Very imteresting

@ToastyCoClothing 5 жыл бұрын

in every country on every continent the police are above the law.

@raycoxphoto 5 жыл бұрын

You can clean your car with "grey" water. Thats how we do it in CPT.

@awolff3381 5 жыл бұрын

the end shows a perfect picture of wasted resources how many officers were standing around to give one guy a fine ?

@JKIZZLLE 5 жыл бұрын

A Wolff you just made me realize how ridiculous that is. Six officers for a guy running a sprinkler 😂😂

@samfabia6531 5 жыл бұрын

They should send those officers dig for water.

@carcotasu081 5 жыл бұрын

Considering how violent that country is, it's no surprise that patrols have so many officers. A guy getting a fine could get pretty ugly around there

@batista98854 5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha

@sewing2165 4 жыл бұрын

People don't have drinking water and they are using water to keep the rich neighborhoods pretty.

@navrhy3075 5 жыл бұрын

tfw police is successful at reducing water waste, but not reducing crime. Failed state incoming

@The_passiveObserver 5 жыл бұрын

Navid Rhythm crime has been going down since apartheid ended still high but it has been going down

@navrhy3075 5 жыл бұрын

It'll WORK this time Lmao you mean a country that’s not at war but has crime status comparable to actual war zones? In 2014 less crimes were committed, but it’s on the rise again. Police are useless, all thanks to the private securities that are there

@jzk2020 5 жыл бұрын

How do you reduce crime when the crime is caused by POVERTY. Unless your trying to say the good people of South Africa need to vote for EFF and take wealth away from the 5-10% that hold majority of the country's wealth, you have no right to tell cops to stop a hungry person from stealing in order to stop the rumbling in his stomach.

@ryansears6594 5 жыл бұрын

The police's job is to enforce laws and keep the public safe. That's what they're doing here, by enforcing the law and saving water. Being a policeman isn't just stopping rapes and homicides - it's protecting the law and their citizens.

@navrhy3075 5 жыл бұрын

Ryan Sears And the law can be bought by giving them 1000rands. SA police force is a joke

@GaenorBgood 5 жыл бұрын

I live in the Western Cape.. Been real tough as we have a water restriction device. I installed 2 1000lt rain water harvesting tanks... I survived the drought and even grew a new garden. 😎

@xLiLtEmPeR 5 жыл бұрын

A garden of what? And 1000 liters is a lot of water. How long was the drought for?

@emilynelson5985 5 жыл бұрын

This should be higher up, there’s a TED talk called The Ancient Ingenuity of Water Harvesting

@chownful 5 жыл бұрын

You are part of the problem.

@jlh8830 5 жыл бұрын

Good luck friend

@ThePrimo323 5 жыл бұрын

Good job

@joshuaemslie4578 5 жыл бұрын

The police of Cape Town are fooling you Vice 😂😂. Yes day zero was very close to happening, but this was about a year ago. I also have never seen the police patrolling my area where I live in Cape Town to look for people over using water. We are now also allowed to use just under 30 gallons of water per day... Maybe this was recorded a year ago or longer?

@howardg7162 5 жыл бұрын

I think you are right

@metalfingaz7375 5 жыл бұрын

Joshua Emslie thank u for your input 🙏 , I would've thought this was literally this year /:

@jokubolakis6 5 жыл бұрын

The filming style reminds me of District 9

@goldboyjr 5 жыл бұрын

Eye WAnt dAt ARM!! *eats alien arm*

@banelegaza 5 жыл бұрын

because thats where it was made

@pimpgreen8989 5 жыл бұрын

I love that movie, wish they would make a part two.

@lanayamato4255 5 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@nandinhocunha440 5 жыл бұрын

Its number two

@mr12aT 5 жыл бұрын

The difference between the black neighbourhood and the white is astonishing.

@kersey2734 5 жыл бұрын

Mint Mastering The situation is slowly improving with more and more blacks moving into these extremely affluent areas but the wealth disparity is still absolutely insane and some of the worst in the world.

@fenty2331 5 жыл бұрын

Part of leftover living laws from apartheid. While black lower class live in a cycle of poverty, the whites continue living in the rich land that their fathers had. However, things are changing. Just like Americas neighbourhood segregation.

@amaziahofjudah9722 5 жыл бұрын

Many affluent whites are leaving the country. Meanwhile, migration from all over Africa is feeding into the townships. South Africa is getting economically weaker by the minute. But ZA's government is so corrupt, that I don't really see a way out for them. Places like Namibia are flourishing now that they aren't part of ZA anymore, so the problem is mainly down to incompetence IMO.

@nicholasvsjesse 5 жыл бұрын

marconuts No, they just stole land, most slavery in that area was part of the Arab slave trade.

@HenkJamn 5 жыл бұрын

That is a very rich and posh area of Cape Town. Go to the northern suburbs of Cape Town and you will see a totally different white neighbourhoods. The police went to a very rich area. You can compare the house values with those in Cape Town area and those in Northern Cape Town Suburbs and it would be vastly different. Most whites do not live in these wealthy areas. A lot of mixxed races also live in the Northern Suburbs. I live about 30 minutes away from Cape Town CBT, dont own a house and still live with my family. Im 30 years old. Most younger generations do not own houses, that goes for all colour of people. Most rent apartments.

@binozia-old-2031 5 жыл бұрын

“They can do you-know-what to them selfs” 😂

@billmurphy5604 5 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else notice they had 5-6 officers at the scene to issue a water fine, thats surely wasting more money than the ppl they're issuing fines to 🤔

@jimmoys9524 5 жыл бұрын

It’s scary to think that a town is running out of water

@hotlemonade6643 5 жыл бұрын

shit yeah, Scares me if someday this happened in my state too.

@kok_i78 5 жыл бұрын

Cape towns a city

@binozia-old-2031 5 жыл бұрын

A city of millions of people

@binozia-old-2031 5 жыл бұрын

Also China will run out of water fit for human consumption in 10 years

@MrBikboi 5 жыл бұрын

All water can be reused and filtered, chemical contaminants can be removed, we will not run out of water.

@chop8557 2 жыл бұрын

capetonian here, thanks to the strict rules we had during our water crisis. we got through it and the water is back to normal. this taught alot of people that water is not unlimited and we have good etiquette and wash rooms now to make sure we dont use water carelessly again

@britneysprsfan1forever415 5 жыл бұрын

It's a very eye opening video on how important water is for life and how serious water conservation is!! Maybe in a couple of years this might happen to other drought stricken areas...

@ocelot-sensei4384 5 жыл бұрын

They should hire IGN, they know when it's too much water.

@iSupportTheeGameDude 5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@Life_Endurance 5 жыл бұрын

Water 💦 police 👮‍♀️ 😂😂😂😂😂

@raviverma8479 5 жыл бұрын

Just wait till every country has one..

@on2wheels378 5 жыл бұрын

They have them in Las Vegas Nv... Look it up..

@far8 5 жыл бұрын

2050: we have to issue a summon for u since u openly breathing the air

@luciencole3310 5 жыл бұрын

“This I where we experience a lot of car washes”. What!? 😂

@MrTentakul 5 жыл бұрын

Too short, TOO SHORT TO COVER THE STORYY

@duanabsa9993 3 жыл бұрын

Well done, the Water Police, you've done your job in a very professional manner.

@Realpacotaco 5 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who laughed at the terrible coordination of the water police when called to attention? 😂

@elipeeli 5 жыл бұрын

I pray that they can get a bunch of rain but not too much, just enough for their water to come back. I'm glad the cops are taking a big action towards this issue. What they have been doing is incredibly inconsiderate like it won't matter to survive with the money you got if the water you need the most isn't even around to help you survive as well. It doesn't just affect others it affects them but they don't seem to realize it. It's incredibly great what the cops over there are doing with those inconsiderate people

@yuckyuck43 5 жыл бұрын

270$ fine for the dude in the township? 212$ for the obviously well off man living in that suburb.. makes sense

@nicholasvsjesse 5 жыл бұрын

Yuck Yuck It was his second offence, did you not watch the video

@NiMi93 5 жыл бұрын

why did they charge the suburb guy? he wasn't the owner and claimed he was just inspecting, I mean if someone hires me to clean a firearm and it turns out to be illegal/hot does that mean I'm charged on all the cases connected to that gun?

@on2wheels378 5 жыл бұрын

The female officer said the carwash was warned many times. The landscaper was caught red handed and give the fine staight away... So, what's your point?

@otroflores91 5 жыл бұрын

@@NiMi93 if you are in possession of it then yes you will get a charge. Just like if you are driving a stolen car and get pulled over. Ignorance is not an excuse.

@NiMi93 5 жыл бұрын

@@otroflores91 Hm I thought he was just inspecting some watering equipment outside the property?

@benjaminlaughton6612 5 жыл бұрын

It’s weird how the cops would rather do that than help in Manenberg when people are dying everyday to gun violence, but no, to the DA water fines and money are way more important than an everyday citizens safety in Cape Town.

@CuttySobz Жыл бұрын

We had lots of power blackouts here in San Jose California this year which forced me out of the house since I had nothing else to do. Only to realize that the nicer areas of town never seemed to have an issue with their power it was only ever the poorer areas that got their power shut off to save energy. They would rotate it between different areas when it would happen but the more affluent areas always had power regardless. I'm not just talking homes here even all the businesses were affected.

@AzeriN01 5 жыл бұрын

Just go bring some ice from Antarctica. It is close there

@Litany_of_Fury 5 жыл бұрын

It's 7000km away. Also the currants don't support the movement.

@agent5758 5 жыл бұрын

did you see how much water those kids were wasting probably a good time to offer lawn painting services to the rich aswell essentially spray paint their grass green to look fresh instead of wasting water to keep up with it thats what people were doing here in california during a really bad drought

@RokeJulianLockhart.s4eb2q 5 жыл бұрын

Or they could just not have a green lawn. I don't see why people care so much

@otroflores91 5 жыл бұрын

@@RokeJulianLockhart.s4eb2q because of TV and it being a status symbol. The classic American home with a white fence, green lawn, a dog and two big cars.

@bigdaddy7622 5 жыл бұрын

FBI! OPEN UP! PUT DOWN YOUR WATER PIPE

@elgagoloko5239 3 жыл бұрын

So sad in so many ways

@guccithofgangeth7679 5 жыл бұрын

3:52 STOP TRYING TO REGULATE MY HOLE

@drstraange1 5 жыл бұрын

Same here in Palmdale we went over the normal limit now we got fined and have to fill an application of every thing that uses water

@kazakhdoge1822 5 жыл бұрын

Does this police actually fine them or are they doing it only in front of the camera? I'm pretty sure that they also take bribes.

@justicewarrior9187 5 жыл бұрын

Didn't you see what the guy said at the end??!!! This is all bullshit

@whushaw 5 жыл бұрын

but farmers use the most water

@mattwakefield4147 5 жыл бұрын

Does this count for tourists cos now I’m nervous

@royallamoniquecosmicheavye4456 4 жыл бұрын

How can we fix it,?

@jo-annbrits2122 5 жыл бұрын

I live in SA but I didn't know about the water police

@visigoth3696 5 жыл бұрын

Are you Japanese living in SA? And are you planning on moving from there?

@jo-annbrits2122 5 жыл бұрын

@@visigoth3696 nope I'm an actual South African, I'm just currently learning Japanese that's all

@darealsergg9478 4 жыл бұрын

San antonio?

@ladhkay 5 жыл бұрын

They need to learn from Israel and Singapore

@lucifermorningstar7581 5 жыл бұрын

Learn what?

@VerkKleg 5 жыл бұрын

@@lucifermorningstar7581 They recycle their sewer-water to irrigate farmland and to drink in Israel, same as in Las Vegas.

@ayush21399 5 жыл бұрын

Not to have black people?

@yuzihao8777 5 жыл бұрын

They don't have the money

@ddlargent2411 5 жыл бұрын

@@ayush21399 No indians???

@fjaajf 5 жыл бұрын

I see pools...

@bresams2917 5 жыл бұрын

Water police??? Wow. But damn right water shortage and you washing yo damn car!😂

@qswedasf 5 жыл бұрын

You publish this in Jan where most of these vids are months ago. The water restrictions have since changes. Yes it was bad but once again Vice is reporting old news... Now in my home country LOL.

@theirine17 5 жыл бұрын

1:06 - Cue the Vice News “Bamboo pipe” thinking music.

@kiDkiDkiD12 5 жыл бұрын

Didnt show up on my subscription page, anyone else?

@butterflygirl141 5 жыл бұрын

I get why they’re frustrated, but things will be way more chaotic if they run out of water and don’t have any to drink

@XD152awesomeness 5 жыл бұрын

Man the first guy was worried about his business and livelihood but the second guy was merely inconvenienced

@biplav32 5 жыл бұрын

Did you not hear him say that that is his livelihood?

@theinternetsavedmylife 5 жыл бұрын

The first guy was promising to become a criminal of he loses his livelihood... The second guy was threatening to fight it in court.

@gabrielfraser2109 5 жыл бұрын

Both were worried about their livelihoods. Only the first guy was a repeat offender.

@RDTheAwesome 5 жыл бұрын

Why doesn't the city just cut off their taps for the remainder of the day if they go over?

@tammiebroggins 5 жыл бұрын

I'm homeless in the desert. It takes me 2 gallons of water to bath

@stormtroopersquad9889 4 жыл бұрын

I just love how it seems all cops say that the tickets are to educate ppl. BS. It has nothing to do with money for their corporate greed.

@steelem422 5 жыл бұрын

Tell the sprinkler guy that you can use compressed air and accomplish the same thing as far as inspection is concern

@Daleshouse 5 жыл бұрын

Idk what's worse, the drought or that "car wash"....

@javiervl9010 5 жыл бұрын

God bless them all

@badmongo0 5 жыл бұрын

to all the idiots saying they should just desalinate: you have no idea how expensive that is

@samlabo1688 5 жыл бұрын

Individually not so much Like old bootleggers still But it is a career just to survive and to water the garden

@godinezfer1906 5 жыл бұрын

I imagine myself getting arrested in a restaurant for drinking to much water after my T-bone

@kingjld2443 5 жыл бұрын

3:16 i see a 4 CLEAN pools

@jayden.7k696 5 жыл бұрын

God Damn just let them drink🤦‍♂️

@davidmitchell5638 5 жыл бұрын

Haha I like the last gentleman!

@ferguson20diesel49 5 жыл бұрын

I steal 2300 gallon tanker loads of water during the drought hahahahaha

@RCmack 5 жыл бұрын

Water isn't as plentiful in Cape Town, South Africa as it is in the Great Lakes area of the United States. Some folks in water plentiful areas take their water supply for granted. But many areas of the world, such as in Cape Town, don't have a water luxury.

@Tae.B. 5 жыл бұрын

Isnt that something?!?!? For using water!!!

@Hamza-rm6ci 3 жыл бұрын

Lol 200 Dollar fine just for watering his plants and keeping the earth green? Dayum that’s messed up...

@JK-tu1xx 5 жыл бұрын

2:58 he did not say "make a prayer" he said "make a plan"

@sharsasuke01 5 жыл бұрын

The guy at the end was so triggered. lol

@costellofratelli9625 4 жыл бұрын

Those fines are ridiculously high.

@salmaandadabhay8952 5 жыл бұрын

Clifton and camps bay has no water restrictions and the water front also but the townships do

@2011Oly 5 жыл бұрын

Man living in Canada is great, unlimited fresh water

@theveldtrekker2550 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the money from those fines are going to go into dam construction or line government employee's pockets.

@shottadancer 5 жыл бұрын

That’s crazy

@cstwister 5 жыл бұрын

This is socal in 2030 lol

@juxyoh4659 5 жыл бұрын

I feel so lucky to live in Ireland where we have lakes, rivers and lots of rain.

@masterrhythm4596 3 жыл бұрын

but you also have IRA, I don't consider it lucky

@Shadowxavier100 5 жыл бұрын

This is great but also tragic These people are finally becoming more cautious about water waste. Now it's the Rest of the world's turn.

@sullivannix4509 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder what will happen when day 0 comes? Mass panic?

@PonchoANS7 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe. They'll have to start importing water. They might impose a tax or something.

@krsa8597 5 жыл бұрын

Then they will drink anything they can

@jg6868 5 жыл бұрын

Kr sA pee?

@ironmountain7907 5 жыл бұрын

Sullivan Nix not much, they’ll all be dehydrated!

@anarchonazbol6768 5 жыл бұрын

Same thing that happens when any other organism exhausted their resources, either mass migration or mass death

@clxudzYT Жыл бұрын

More people should see this...

@DARTHVADER-lj4dq 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome, many people doesn't know the value of the water .these should introduce to every country and save water for future of generation.

@NK-uf1ek 5 жыл бұрын

Making a solution is always better than prevention. This is just unreasonable. They should just cut the water off for a certain time and the government should issue tanks around

@strangefruititi 5 жыл бұрын

Lol, one for the money one for the show...

@Raaazzle 3 жыл бұрын

Could someone explain to me why and how this happening there when water can be reusable? Who’s at fault? The government, people, or companies that provide this need?

@Youkai_graphics 5 жыл бұрын

Imagine when people ask you what’s your job.......

@evanw2195 5 жыл бұрын

Do people there think the waters gonna come back and it’s not gonna disappear again? I’m not sure I’d wanna stay there the first time this happened

@mcdonaldsburntchickennugge8231 5 жыл бұрын

Just install rain harvesting tanks like i did lol,no need to worry about water

@tumelommatladi8884 5 жыл бұрын

At 2:59 the guy says, "Please make a plan..." not "prayer".

@josephalphonse9494 5 жыл бұрын

I live in a small town called Chennai in South India. I worry we will go through something like this in a few decades!!! I would have punched out by then, but worry about my Kids and Grandkids.

@Ender3Me 5 жыл бұрын

That white man literally had 1/3 the brain cells if the officer LMAO

@poker4400 5 жыл бұрын

Many have predicted that water will replace oil in the near future. As the next big commodity.

@llamamusicchannel7688 5 жыл бұрын

Putting restrictions on water during a drought? How dare they!! Seriously though this isn't a news story lmao.

@davidrogers3423 5 жыл бұрын

If I notice that my water consumption is below where the water company charges its minimum amount due, I run that water straight down the drain.

@stumpdintallekt397 4 жыл бұрын

With all the lawlessness how does police have time and capacity to go search for these problems.

@Wasserkaktus 5 жыл бұрын

Hong Kong has a system where they use seawater for all their blackwater needs. Grey water can be used for landscaping, gardening and agriculture. Does Cape Town do either of these things?

@Ak-wv7dt Жыл бұрын

This needs to be implemented all across the world!

@Chris-vb6os 5 жыл бұрын

Chief: "They used 1 drop more then the restriction" Call in water patrol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@wildtraveler763 5 жыл бұрын

Wow the police are really nice and polite

@gabrielc3323 5 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah yeah

@gokulnath3165 5 жыл бұрын

If they take these actions before they would have got water now But this is a lesson for all

@rackcity5981 3 жыл бұрын

... I mean...if I collect the rain water for myself. The government has no business in how I choose to use it. Ijs

@rogerthatd 5 жыл бұрын

what about those who are swimming in their pools 😂😂😼

@dinil5566 5 жыл бұрын

Most of the water is used my oil rigs and factories. The quantity of water used by local people will be like only a fraction of the total usage. I just don't get their logic at all.