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Rooiwal

Hammanskraal: ‘We will only have clean water when Jesus comes’
National
/ 22 March 2024

Hammanskraal: ‘We will only have clean water when Jesus comes’

Nearly a year after a deadly outbreak of cholera, residents say that their water remains tainted

By Sheree Bega
‘Criminal’ that Rooiwal’s upgrade comes at the cost of lives
The Green Guardian
/ 14 June 2023

‘Criminal’ that Rooiwal’s upgrade comes at the cost of lives

Farmers in the Apies River area decry the damage pollution from the defective wastewater treatment plant has done to their farms and livelihoods

By Sheree Bega
We have failed you, Ramaphosa tells Hammanskraal residents
National
/ 8 June 2023

We have failed you, Ramaphosa tells Hammanskraal residents

Cholera outbreak has been a ‘big lesson’ for the government, penitent president says, while promising to fix the problems

By Sheree Bega
Portable treatment plant to supply drinking water to Hammanskraal by March next year
The Green Guardian
/ 5 June 2023

Portable treatment plant to supply drinking water to Hammanskraal by March next year

The Rooiwal wastewater treatment works is set for a R4 billion upgrade

By Sheree Bega
Hammanskraal cholera crisis: It can happen anywhere in the country
The Green Guardian
/ 26 May 2023

Hammanskraal cholera crisis: It can happen anywhere in the country

With its broken sewage and failing water treatment plants, South Africa has the perfect conditions for diseases such as cholera to thrive

By Sheree Bega
Poisoned: Tshwane’s boreholes, taps and soil
National
/ 27 November 2021

Poisoned: Tshwane’s boreholes, taps and soil

Foul water runs out of Hammanskraal’s taps and farmers can’t grow crops because the City of Tshwane’s Rooiwal wastewater treatment plant contaminates the soil and groundwater

By Sheree Bega
Court interdicts cancelling Hammanskraal wastewater contract
Article
/ 10 March 2020

Court interdicts cancelling Hammanskraal wastewater contract

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

By Sarah Smit
Tshwane water woes in court again
Article
/ 21 February 2020

Tshwane water woes in court again

The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

By Sarah Smit

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