Water

WATCH | Battling crocodiles and bureaucrats: life at Lepelle River

Officials 'ignore' court orders to supply water to villages

16 February 2020 - 00:00 By JEFF WICKS

Elias Seloma stands on the banks of the Lepelle River, a stone's throw from his village of Elandskraal in rural Limpopo, scanning the murky water for crocodiles...

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