South Africa today declared a national disaster over a drought that has ravaged parts of the country and threatened to leave the city of Cape Town without domestic tap water. <br/><br/>In a notice published in the government gazette, the department of cooperative governance said, it had elevated the drought to a national disaster after it reassessed its magnitude and severity.

South Africa today declared a national disaster over a drought that has ravaged parts of the country and threatened to leave the city of Cape Town without domestic tap water. <br/><br/>In a notice published in the government gazette, the department of cooperative governance said, it had elevated the drought to a national disaster after it reassessed its magnitude and severity.