By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile is visiting Bronkhorstspruit after 408 cases of gastrointestinal illness were reported. The Tshwane municipality has also lifted a separate boil-water advisory in central Pretoria, reports IOL.
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Unchlorinated water in Tshwane has made at least 408 people ill and has been declared unfit for consumption in Bronkhorstspruit.
25 OctContaminated water leaves Bronkhorstspruit without safe supply
24 OctTshwane ignored three warnings before contaminated water crisis
24 OctTshwane investigates after three weeks of untreated waterIn Bronkhorstspruit, residents remain without safe drinking water after the municipal plant sent unchlorinated water contaminated with sewage through taps for weeks. More than 400 cases of severe gastrointestinal illness were reported before Daily Maverick published its article, which also reported that the promised water tankers had yet to arrive.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: Daily Maverick ·
South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile noted significant progress by the presidential working group on eThekwini, the municipality of Durban. He assessed its work at a meeting held on 23 October at eThekwini City Hall, according to the South African presidency.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: Thepresidency ·
The Tshwane municipality had received at least three reports on the water quality at the Bronkhorstspruit plant before hundreds of residents fell ill after consuming water contaminated with E. coli. The site operated for 21 days without chlorine, and South Africa’s Department of Water flagged shortcomings as early as February, according to TimesLIVE.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: TimesLIVE ·
More than 500 people fell ill after chlorine treatment failed at the Bronkhorstspruit water plant in Tshwane, and children have been most affected, according to South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. The range of ages among those who fell ill points authorities towards water contamination rather than food contamination, while the investigation continues.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: Sabcnews ·
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