DStv Channel 403 Friday, 15 November 2024

Cholera crisis | Ministers call for calm in Hammanskraal

PRETORIA - The City of Tshwane says water at the Temba treatment plant -- responsible for distributing water to Hammanskraal -- has tested negative for cholera contamination.

Officials in the metro are scrambling to find the source of the outbreak which has killed at least 15.

READ: Govt sets up teams to intervene in Hammanskraal

Both the Deputy Health Minister and Deputy Water and Sanitation minister visited the area on Monday.  

They've called for calm, saying the situation is under control.

READ: Tshwane MMC says water treatment plant tested negative for cholera

A command centre has been set up to coordinate the interventions for the cholera outbreak.

Authorities are now investigating the source of the contamination.

* eNCA reporter Pule Letshwiti-Jones reports. 

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