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The outbreak started in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria last week after some residents were admitted to the Jubilee Hospital, presenting symptoms of a gastrointestinal infection.
Cholera is usually caused by eating food or water contaminated with bacteria. One billion people in 43 countries are at risk, the UN warned this week. Neighbouring Mozambique and Malawi are the world's worst hit countries this year. Out of 34 people infected, 15 have died since Friday in Hammanskraal, near Pretoria. The Ministry of Water and Sanitation has announced the opening of an investigation into water problems in the area. The epidemic is due to malfunctioning wastewater treatment, a lack of infrastructure and corruption among local elected officials.
A grieving family gathers in their yard in a town near Pretoria, mourning the death of a relative who fell victim to a deadly cholera outbreak which has killed 15 people in recent days.
Seventeen people have succumbed to cholera at the Jubilee Hospital in the north of Pretoria amid a water crisis in the community.
Families in Hammanskraal are seething with anger, blaming the government failing to solve their perennial water woes.