🚱💦 Waking up with no water or contaminated water which cannot be used to drink, bathe, or cook is the everyday reality for the residents of Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria. Full story here ⬇️
to the area, a resident allowed us into his home to see for ourselves the state of the water, which had white particles in it.Water from tankers
“If you pour it in a white bucket, it appears to be yellow. If you leave it there for about 10 minutes it starts to show green particles,” he said. Then-mayor Randall Williams, who did not come to the public hearing, said the metro was paying R5 million for tankers to deliver water to residents.Resident Jerry Modise said he decided to dig himself a water well as the water from the tankers was the same as the tap water and a lot of people now depended on it for water.
“We don’t use the water from the taps or trucks at all. “We run a children’s business so we don’t take chances with children. The owner even ended up doing a borehole for the community because the community always asked for water here,” Kekana said.
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