Contaminated water supply an ‘acute health risk’
Municipality failed to warn residents of startlingly high E. coli counts at two public sites
An Eastern Cape municipality has been called a “ticking time bomb” for a potential cholera outbreak, like the one that left more than 15 people dead in Hammanskraal, after E. coli bacteria counts in drinking water at a clinic and school were found to be severely contaminated. ..
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