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Empty tanks, empty promises: rural life in lockdown

30 April 2020 - 08:00 By Zimasa Matiwane
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Communities without access to water and sanitation struggle to adhere to lockdown rules.
Communities without access to water and sanitation struggle to adhere to lockdown rules.
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Washing their hands with urine or murky rain water they share with goats.

This is the reality for some rural residents trying to enforce state directives to avoid contracting Covid-19.

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