Amid cholera outbreak, Hammanskraal residents threaten not to vote in elections

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Amid cholera outbreak, Hammanskraal residents threaten not to vote in elections
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The African National Congress (ANC)'s secretary-general Fikile Mbalula met with community members at the Hammanskraal Community Hall on Thursday afternoon to engage them on the cholera outbreak.

JOHANNESBURG - Some Hammanskraal residents said they see no point in casting their votes at next year’s general election, accusing the government of disregarding their basic human rights.Hammanskraal has been at the centre of the recent cholera outbreak that has killed at least 25 people in the past two weeks.

- Cholera outbreak shows ‘serious deterioration in quality of governance’: Mbeki- Cholera outbreak: Mpumalanga Health Dept confirms first case after one deathWhile it hasn’t been proved that the recent cholera outbreak stems from water, Hammanskraal residents said the water supplied to them had always been of poor quality."Government doesn't want to improve infrastructure, so I would rather go sit under a tree and not vote.""We have a serious water problem in Hammanskraal.

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