Rooiwal
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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
‘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
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
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
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
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
Court interdicts cancelling Hammanskraal wastewater contract
Meanwhile, the City of Tshwane’s leadership is being dissolved due to collapsing service delivery
Tshwane water woes in court again
The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal