Dirty Water

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Hammanskraal has experiecing a Cholera ourbreak in contaminated water. Jubilee Hospital is where patients have been admitted. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

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

Sheree Bega

Not a drop to drink: Residents in QwaQwa have not had water in their taps since October. Many have to walk long distances and stand in queues to purchase water from a water truck — if they can afford it. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

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Impossible choices in QwaQwa: What it takes to get water

A broken municipality and a four-year crisis forces residents to consider desperate choices, such as trading sex for water

Bongekile Macupe

(John McCann/M&G)

The Makhanda disaster cannot be ignored

The municipality turned a deaf ear to residents’ cries — until they united and took it to court

Eusebius McKaiser