Tshwane Mayor Points Finger At 'Network of Corruption' As Cholera Death...: SouthAfrica
'We have failed to eradicate a network of corruption,' said Tshwane's executive mayor Cilliers Brink, while the capital scrambles to find the source of a deadly cholera outbreak and plans to pump millions into a water treatment plant.
Raw sewage has been pouring into a river near the plant, which treats Hammanskraal's sewage. For many years Hammanskraal residents have been subjected to"undrinkable" water, while upgrades of the plant commenced and never finished.
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