of governance , including the adoption of a 'whole-of-society' approach that recognises the contributions of non-state actors as adopted in the Cape Town Resilience Strategy . Experienced yet inflexible water management initially operated at a distance from politicians and their citizens. There was limited knowledge and capacity in how various municipal departments thought about risk, exposure and vulnerability of Cape Town's highly differentiated population . In the later stages of the drought, Cape Town's water management department was able to work collaboratively across different departments and with politicians to implement responses.
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