Eastern Cape villagers desperate for clean drinking water

We have to share dirty springs with animals, say fed-up rural residents

While OR Tambo district municipality bosses have resorted to sending trucks to provide temporary relief to water-stricken residents in suburbs and townships in Mthatha, those in rural areas say they are forced to share dirty, algae-infested natural springs with pigs and other animals...

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