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South Africa’s Gauteng province declared a cholera outbreak on Sunday, with 41 confirmed cases and 15 deaths so far.
As deaths from cholera this week rose to 15 in Gauteng, South Africa’s most populous province, many residents are blaming the government for a lack of clean water for drinking and other household uses.
The health department in Gauteng declared a cholera outbreak on Sunday in Hammanskraal, an area about 50 kilometres (31 miles) north of its administrative capital Pretoria, in the city of Tshwane.
Almost 100 people have been seen at hospitals and 37 have been admitted to…
