Possible faecal contamination fears after tests find unsafe water in schools across SA

News24 | 22.04.2026 16:41
A citizen water-testing kit has yielded frightening results: 20 water samples from 72 schools were found to be “dangerously unsafe” across four provinces. Worse still, 12 of those 20 samples were taken directly from taps, and the remaining eight were from Jojo water tanks supplying potable water to communities.