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In the latest news in South Africa on Thursday 25 May ,Eskom workers demand a 12% salary increase and other benefits.

“The number of laboratory confirmed cases of cholera in Hammanskraal is standing at 29. To date, 17 people have died."

‘We have failed to eradicate a network of corruption,’ said Tshwane’s executive mayor Cilliers Brink.

Cholera can be transmitted by contaminated food or water, or by direct contact with faecal matter or vomit of infected persons.

The City of Tshwane has announced the official price hikes for water, electricity and property rates among other things.

Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu has described the Hamanskraal water crisis as a wake-up call.

SA could be in big danger of further outbreaks of water-borne disease if it doesn’t get the pollution in its river systems under control: Tshwane MMC Peter Sutton.

The Council sitting in Tshwane had to be adjourned after the EFF stormed in with placards complaining about the Hammanskraal water crisis.

EFF regional chairperson Obakeng Ramabodu entered the council carrying a bottle of tap water from Hammanskraal, saying that if the council meeting was to continue, Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink and Speaker Mncedi Ndzwanana needed to drink the water first.

Meanwhile, the Tshwane municipality announced during its budget speech by MMC for Finance Peter Sutton that a whopping R450 million had been allocated towards upgrading works at the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Plant over a three-year period.