Umgeni Water’s drinking water is safe for consumption, says the utility’s spokesperson Shami Harichunder in the wake of the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, Gauteng.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured South Africans that government’s immediate priority is to end the cholera outbreak and ensure safe water for all.
Disease outbreaks such as the cholera one in Hammanskraal are made far worse in situations of poor governance, weak management and poor maintenance of infrastructure, writes Cyril Ramaphosa in his weekly newsletter.