By Akani Nkuna
A total of 408 cases of gastrointestinal illness were recorded in Bronkhorstspruit between 7 and 18 October, as an investigation by the Department of Water and Sanitation found that the City of Tshwane failed to warn residents that their water supply was unsafe for consumption.
At a joint media briefing on Monday, Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina said the investigation found that water supplied by the Bronkhorstspruit Water Treatment Works (BWTW) was left unchlorinated from 24 September to 14 October because of problems with its chlorine supplier.
She said the treatment works draws water from a river polluted by sewage from dysfunctional wastewater treatment plants in Victor Khanye Municipality and faulty sewage pump stations in Tshwane.
“The investigation also found that the CoT had failed to warn residents in the affected areas of Bronkhorstspruit that the water being supplied had not been chlorinated and therefore should
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