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Seventeen people dead simply because they consumed water. No, this is not some ancient time but democratic, modern-day SA where, by Wednesday morning, at least 17 people, including a three-year-old, had already died of cholera in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria. It is believed the death toll could be higher, as some deaths might not have been recorded.