I’ve been watching the Cape Town water crisis with interest for a long while now. And Day Zero won’t last a day. Some anxiety is good, as it motivates water saving, but blame shifting actually pushes responsibility away, and causes water wastage. But it does seem to me that there is a blame culture which has flourished in recent weeks. I think David is absolutely right: this blame game has given people a convenient scapegoat which in turn has led to them choosing to ignore what, in this situation, are very clearly their social responsibilities.