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Clean water is a dirty business in South Africa

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Several Hammanskraal residents told the Sunday Times this week they had contracted cholera after drinking water from tankers. However truck drivers said they only collect water from stipulated sources and wash their trucks weekly.

28 May 2023 - 00:03Government's failure to properly maintain South Africa's water infrastructure has created a business bonanza for water tanker owners, with municipalities paying hundreds of millions to them despite claims of murky quality controls, sabotage and criminal syndicates...From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.

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