Delmas
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SA’s water debt grows by R8-million every 24 hours
At midnight on Thursday two municipalities failed to pay their water bills. They aren’t unique. Debt is wrecking water and sanitation services
Raw sewage flows as little changes
The Botleng wastewater treatment plant, despite its R60-million upgrade, is overgrown
R72-million later and Delmas’s sewerage scandal still stinks
The town is failing to fix pollution, and oil, fats and grease from factories aren’t helping
Gauteng’s green dam choked by sewage
Once an idyllic place for the people to swim and play, Bronkhorstpruit Dam is now so polluted that it’s not safe for humans
Rhino horns land two men in hot water
Two men have been found guilty of unlawful possession of rhino horns by the Middelburg Regional Court.
Delmas diarrhoea started with water contamination
The initial cause of the diarrhoea outbreak in Delmas was water contamination, said Mpumalanga Premier Thabang Makwetla on Thursday. ”When we noticed the outbreak in October, we…
Diarrhoea in Delmas affects 150 people
One hundred and fifty people were treated for diarrhoea in the Nkangala area in Delmas since the outbreak last week, Mpumalanga provincial minister of health and social services…
Premier ‘not whisked away’ from typhoid protest
Mpumalanga Premier Thabang Makwetla’s office on Friday morning vehemently denied reports that he had to be rescued from a stone-throwing crowd in Delmas the previous afternoon.…
Human waste caused Delmas typhoid outbreak
The typhoid outbreak in Delmas, Mpumalanga, was caused by human waste in one of the boreholes, government biologists said on Friday. Vusi Kubheka, a bacteria specialist, said…
Typhoid: ‘People are carriers, not water’
It is not yet conclusive that the source of the typhoid outbreak in Delmas was the town’s water, the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry said on Saturday. Karin Bosman, the…
Delmas typhoid outbreak claims first victim
One person has died following a typhoid outbreak in the Delmas area in Mpumalanga, a report said on Monday. The latest figures say that 287 cases of typhoid have been reported…
Health minister visits typhoid town
Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang and Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry Buyelwa Sonjica visited Delmas on Monday to assess the needs arising from a typhoid…
Two Mail staff found guilty
Weekly Mail Reporter Two Weekly Mail journalists, co-editor Anton Harber and freelance reporter Jo-Anne Bekker, were this week found guilty of contempt of court for three…