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Water that harms the people is not a right fulfilled — it’s a threat

The supplying of toxic water, without warning, to the citizens of Bronkhorstspruit threatened their fundamental rights to life, health and human dignity.

  • Bronkhorstspruit's unchlorinated water from polluted river threatens lives and health
  • 833 people treated for gastrointestinal illnesses, 328 children under four affected
  • Mayor Nasiphi Moya acknowledges negligence, commissions external inquiry

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