South Africa’s failing water system ‘awash in corruption, incompetence’

Experts say government bumbling, syndicates are toxic cocktail leading to unsafe, unreliable water supply

28 May 2023 - 00:00 By HENDRIK HANCKE

Entrenched criminality, negligence and lack of maintenance are at the heart of the water crisis, experts say — and lead to such tragedies as the cholera deaths in Hammanskraal. ..

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