Mapped: Bronkhorstspruit an example of SA’s collapsing water system

Daily Maverick | 02.11.2026 23:34
When the Bronhorstspruit water treatment plant in eastern Tshwane quietly operated for 21 consecutive days without basic chlorination chemicals, pumping untreated water to residents, 833 people (mostly children under the age of four) were struck by gastrointestinal illness.