/ 5 April 2024

South Africa’s water crisis: A key election issue surpassing load-shedding

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File photo: A City of Tshwane employee collects a sample of water from a municipal tank truck in Hammanskraal, where a cholera outbreak killed 15 people last year. (Michele Spatari/Getty Images)

Opposition parties are aiming to use the ANC’s water infrastructure failures to garner votes

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