For over a decade, residents of Brandfort, Theunissen, Verkeerdevlei and Winburg have had to grapple with the problem of dry taps.’s request. A damning report on the municipality was released a few years ago but it seems little has changed.
Free State Human Rights Commission Manager, Thabang Kheswa, says urgent measures need to be taken to resolve the problem. “It’s a very serious issue – water is a very serious constitutional right and life really becomes difficult without water and it would seem the water challenges in Brandfort and neighbouring places date way long back,” says Kheswa.
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