- TOUGH JOURNEY: Above, residents of Ndakeni Village, in Ntabankulu use donkeys to cart water. Below,
every day, gogo No-Aron Mililo, of Gumatana Village outside Mqanduli, fetches water from the small
stream behind her
- DAILY SURVIVAL: Azola Mgwiji,12, and his neighbour, Ayabonga Ntakumbana, from Ndakana village, push wheelbarrows to
collect water from the stream nearest their village
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- DESPERATE MEASURES: Maphepu Majala, 55, from Matyeni village in Ntabankulu, has to walk almost
10km from her home to neighbouring Mnciphongweni village to find water. Streams have all dried up in
her own village and she says people from other villages often chase her away Pictures: SINO MAJANGAZA
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- UNHYGIENIC: Mfaziwontu Dalasile and Luleka Mvinjwa fetch water from a muddy
stream in Gumatana village outside Mqandulir
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By SIKHO NTSHOBANE and SIPHE MACANDA
Every morning at 5am, Maphepu Majala, 55, leaves her modest home in Matyeni village in Ntabankulu to search for water in neighbouring villages, for herself and her two children.