Violence erupts in qwaqwa after child (8) drowns while fetching water in river

[schumi]

JOHANNESBURG - Violence has erupted in the small town of QwaQwa, in the eastern Free State, after an eight-year-old girl drowned while she and her brother were fetching water in a river.

The community has faced water shortages for years now and say Sunday’s drowning was the last straw.

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More at: https://ewn.co.za/2020/01/20/violen...-child-8-drowns-while-fetching-water-in-river

 

[Hemi300c]

RIP
Another child murdered by the anc

 

[air]

Water shortages for years, but continue to vote ANC in. Boggles the mind. These peeps don't value their vote. Have lessons been learnt? Very much doubt it.

 

[supersunbird]

Stupid EWN with their capitals only headlines, and then:

Violence has erupted in the small town of QwaQwa, in the eastern Free State,

Useless journalist, there is no such town, it's an area, a former homeland.

Anyway, RIP little girl, you had to die because of adults with no brains, voting poorly and not doing things they should, I mean, the Sterkfontein dam is right there!

 

[John Tempus]

Votes ANC cause ANC probably promised free and safe access to clean water. This did not materialize and now they destroy everything around them.

Next election ANC make the same promise by stating they really mean it this time. Voters tick the ANC box yet again.

Rinse and repeat should be the South African Mantra.

 

[supersunbird]

Votes ANC cause ANC probably promised free and safe access to clean water. This did not materialize and now they destroy everything around them.

Next election ANC make the same promise by stating they really mean it this time. Voters tick the ANC box yet again.

Rinse and repeat should be the South African Mantra.

2019 by-elections:

ANC loses 10 wards in Maluti-a-Phofung by-elections

ANC loses 10 wards in Maluti-a-Phofung by-elections - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

The African National Congress (ANC) has lost 10 wards and retained five in the fiercely contested by-elections in Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality in the Free State.

www.sabcnews.com

There is a glimmer of hope

 

[Former member 61586]

Fckall sympathy. Who are these people angry with?

 

[maumau]

Votes ANC cause ANC probably promised free and safe access to clean water. This did not materialize and now they destroy everything around them.

Next election ANC make the same promise by stating they really mean it this time. Voters tick the ANC box yet again.

Rinse and repeat should be the South African Mantra.

No other party to vote for?

 

[schumi]

Anxiety for QwaQwa residents at water tank delay

The department of water and sanitation has asked residents of QwaQwa to be patient as it tries to deliver water to the community.
Yesterday, some of the residents complained that trucks carrying water tanks had not arrived, seven days after government's commitment.
Water and sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu promised that government would provide 5000 water tanks to the Maluti-A-Phofung municipality in seven days.
Sisulu had visited the area due to protests over water.
Some of the residents told Sowetan that very little had changed since Sisulu's announcement.
"There is no water in our area. There is no water running in our taps and we are yet to see those Jojo tanks," said Morwesi Moloi of Mandela Park in QwaQwa.

More at:

Anxiety for QwaQwa residents at water tank delay

The department of water and sanitation has asked residents of QwaQwa to be patient as it tries to deliver water to the community.

www.sowetanlive.co.za

https://twitter.com/x/status/1224638272200237056