ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula on Thursday visited the Hammanskraal area following the deadly cholera outbreak that has claimed more than 20 lives.
at the Mandela Hall, where community members laid bare their water struggles.As aggrieved community members raised their concerns, one suggested that government should compensate families who lost their loved ones to the preventable infection, placing the compensation figure at around R6m for each life lost.
Responding to whether there is a need to declare a state of disaster to the Hammanskraal situation, Mbalula said what government needs is a focused approach. Chris said his father, mother, sister and nephew all had stomach cramps, diarrhoea and were vomiting. “We are not blaming DA. Where we are facing challenges we take responsibility. All we are saying about the DA is to state the fact that they are in power, they run the city, they cant - every time there is a challenge at the local government - say ‘it's not us’ who is running Tshwane.”
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