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Police in South Africa's drought-hit city of Cape Town have made an arrest after a fight broke out at a natural spring where residents were collecting water, news agency AFP reports.

City authorities say tension has been building at a spring in Newlands, south-east of the city centre.

Capetonians will be expected to abide by a 50 litre-a-day from tomorrow to avert the so-called Day Zero which would see taps shut off in residential areas.

The day is current forecast for 16 April.

City officials say that people would be forced to queue at 200 water collection points to collect a daily allocation of 25 litres, if the water crisis continues.

Cape Town, a popular tourist destination, has been hit by its worst drought in a century.

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