Tulbagh residents struggle with contaminated tap water as municipality maintains all is well

Daily Maverick | 12.12.2025 05:02
Every day for the past three weeks, 52-year-old Mina Jankies has begun her day queuing at one of the communal taps in the informal settlement where she lives. Every time Jankies opens the taps, what flows out is water that “stinks”, water she cannot drink, cook with, or give to her family.