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111 students are ill at Rhodes University in Makhanda; another headline reports more than 500 people sickened by contaminated water in South Africa.
3 articles from 21 October to 22 October 2026 · 🇿🇦 South Africa
More than 500 people have been treated for gastrointestinal problems in South Africa: 408 residents near Pretoria and at least 111 students at Rhodes University. Authorities link the cases to water-quality problems, including at a station that supplied unchlorinated water for nearly three weeks, Africanews reports.
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More than 500 people have been treated for gastrointestinal problems in South Africa: 408 residents near Pretoria and at least 111 students at Rhodes University. Authorities link the cases to water-quality problems, including at a station that supplied unchlorinated water for nearly three weeks, Africanews reports.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 10:12
Eastern Cape health authorities are investigating 111 cases of gastroenteritis affecting students and staff at Rhodes University in Makhanda, South Africa. Preliminary water tests detected E. coli bacteria, a high concentration of coliforms and low chlorine levels, but the link to the illnesses has yet to be verified, according to the provincial health department.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 05:02
In South Africa, 111 students at Rhodes University in Makhanda have been affected by gastrointestinal illness, and similar cases have been reported in the local community. A provincial health response has been mobilised as authorities investigate the cause, according to university spokesperson Olwetu Gwanya.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 20:26
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