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The department says it’s closely monitoring the Ngwathe local municipality in the Free State and Hammanskraal in the City of Tshwane which has been the hotspot for cholera in recent weeks.
The water expert told Eyewitness News on Sunday night that if the source of the deadly outbreak could be traced to tankers, potentially linking it to the Rooiwal wastewater plant, culpability could begin to be proven against the country’s water sector.
The city said law enforcement officers have been dispatched to Hammaskraal to do a stop and search on any vehicle transporting water.
The department said it hoped this would alleviate some of the pressure on the nearby Jubilee District Hospital that's been inundated with people complaining of vomiting, stomach cramps, nausea and fever.
Mchunu and Brink are expected to reveal how they plan to tackle the crisis that has claimed at least 20 lives.