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Thirsty Moshaweng villagers drink unclean water

Moshaweng residents walking long distances to fetch water
Moshaweng residents walking long distances to fetch water

With the scorching summer heat upon Moshaweng village in the Letlhakeng-Lephephe constituency, residents face an acute water crisis forcing them to walk long distances to fetch and drink contaminated water from ponds.

The supply of the current single functioning borehole in the village is inadequate to cover the entire community of a population of approximately 1,700, a situation that has left residents irate.

For almost two months now, residents of Moshaweng village have been struggling without a single drop of potable water from their domestic taps. To get answers on Thursday, villagers summoned water authorities and the Letlhakeng Sub-District Council chairperson Meshack Tshenyego to a kgotla meeting to shed light on the matter.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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