By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Maroelamedia
Pretoria’s municipality is limiting supply to 14 reservoirs amid infrastructure problems and restrictions on the network. The measure also comes as water contamination in Bronkhorstspruit and concerns about its quality in Hammanskraal persist, Maroela Media reports.
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.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: IOL ·
The City of Tshwane requires private water-tanker operators to have their vehicles and water quality checked before supplying residents affected by the Bronkhorstspruit crisis. Mayor Nasiphi Moya announced the checks as residents suffer gastrointestinal illness after water was left unchlorinated, according to the municipality.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: IOL ·
Residents of Bronkhorstspruit 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 said promised water tankers were slow to arrive.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: Daily Maverick ·
Water contamination in Bronkhorstspruit, near Pretoria, has brought the number of people suffering gastrointestinal illness in South Africa to 833. Three residents remain in hospital after insufficiently chlorinated water was distributed, while President Cyril Ramaphosa deemed the municipal failures unacceptable, according to IOL.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: IOL ·
South Africa U15s beat France 3-2South Africa’s under-15 team beat France 3-2 in the group stage of the first Under-15 World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. They finished second in Group A with 10 points and will compete in the second tier of the competition, according to their coach, Mogale.
Mozambique reschedules debt repayments to ChinaMozambique and China have signed a supplementary framework agreement to reschedule repayments of Mozambique’s public debt. The agreement is intended to ease immediate pressure on the state budget and make payments more compatible with the country’s financial capacity, according to a statement from the Ministry of Finance.The week in Africa
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