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With dysfunctional sewage plants and failing water treatment plants such as Temba (above) South Africa has the perfect conditions for diseases such as cholera to thrive. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CHOLERA

Hammanskraal cholera: Time for ‘bullshitting’ is over, says mayor

The City of Tshwane will allocate R450 million over the next three years to fix the dysfunctional Rooiwal plant, which is polluting water in the area

  • Sheree Bega
9 min read
Without access to safe water, the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal could soon become a full-blown epidemic, and it must be nipped in the bud
CHOLERA

Suspend load-shedding in Hammanskraal to combat cholera

Without access to safe water, the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal could soon become a full-blown epidemic, and it must be nipped in the bud

  • Benjamin TH Smart
4 min read
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Court interdicts cancelling Hammanskraal wastewater contract

Meanwhile, the City of Tshwane’s leadership is being dissolved due to collapsing service delivery

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
An order by the Pretoria high court has put on hold the City of Tshwane’s efforts to cancel a contract to fix the Rooiwal wastewater treatment plant, which is at the heart of the Hammanskraal water crisis. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
HAMMANSKRAAL

Hammanskraal crisis: Slow tender stops clean water flowing

Little has changed in Hammanskraal since the Mail & Guardian last visited the area in August, when residents said the tap water had made them sick.

  • Sarah Smit
  • Malcolm Sekgothe
1 min read
Hammanskraal residents have to go out and find water. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
COUNTRY

Hammanskraal crisis: Slow tender stops clean water flowing

A previously undisclosed tender report reveals that the contract to fix a key wastewater treatment plant was delayed for over a year

  • Sarah Smit
10 min read
A Hammanskraal resident checks bottled water. File photo M&G
HAMMANSKRAAL

‘We are paying for this dirty water’

Hammanskraal citizens are being forced to buy their own as well as pay their municipal bills.

  • Sarah Smit
  • Malcolm Sekgothe
1 min read