Cape Town told to cut water use or face losing supply by 12 April

Residents will have to queue for daily rations unless they drastically reduce consumption

Cape Town residents may lose piped water to their homes within two months if they do not act to counter the effects of the worst drought to hit South Africa's second city in almost a century.

Local authorities have warned its 4 million inhabitants that if they do not reduce consumption by "day zero" - 12 April - they will have to queue at 200 standpipes for daily rations of 25 litres (6.6 US gallons).