In a statement released on 18 August, eThekwini Municipality said that water testing revealed that tap water in the area did not meet acceptable standards. ECR_Newswatch
Thirty-eight-year-old Rashnie Baijnath died on 10 August after suffering from severe diarrhoea.Speaking to Newswatch, her husband Suraj says she died six days after."She drank the water on the Thursday. Friday she got sick - on Monday, then very server. So we took her to the doctor. They gave her rehydration and medication. It never helped 100 percent.
In a statement released on 18 August, eThekwini Municipality said that water testing revealed that tap water in the area did not meet acceptable standards. "It is heartbreaking because I have got to be a mom and a dad to both my children now. When you phone and beg them, they put it on deaf ears. My son is taking toll because he was very close to his mom. She used to take him to school and bring him from school.
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