DStv Channel 403 Friday, 08 November 2024

Cholera outbreak | Why is it taking so long to find the source?

TSHWANE - For years residents of Hammanskraal, the epicenter of the cholera outbreak in Gauteng, have been complaining about the quality of their water supply.

They have now reached a point where sewage is seeping from their taps.

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While officials are scrambling to find a solution, affected communities, have been left wondering why the government finds it difficult, to identify the source of the outbreak.

Water Resources scientist, Carin Bosman says the analysis is perhaps being done on the wrong samples.

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