The ‘Pathways to water resilient South African cities (PaWS)’ project is a collaboration between UCT's Future Water Institute, and the University of Copenhagen, funded by Danida MFA. Drawing on physical experiments and governance and social processes, it explores the potential for existing flood attenuation infrastructure to be adapted towards water resilient cities. The item is a newsletter exploring the governance and institutionalisation of multifunctional BGI as naturebased solutions (NbS) in South African cities.