Cholera outbreak underlines South Africa's enduring inequalities

28 May 2023 - 00:00 By Sunday Times Editorial

The outbreak of cholera in Hammanskraal, Tshwane, which claimed more than 20 lives, is an indictment on government’s failure to provide basic water and sanitation services in the affected communities. It is also a stain on our society, which has tolerated unacceptable living conditions for too many South Africans...

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