Tshwane mayor admits negligence following a gastrointestinal illness outbreak in Bronkhorstspruit [SOUND]

# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya has admitted negligence over the failure to chlorinate the water, saying the metro had run out of chlorine after a dispute with its supplier. According to the national Department of Water and Sanitation investigation, Tshwane supplied unchlorinated water to communities in Bronkhorstspruit for three weeks without warning residents that their supply was unsafe. This has led to at least 408 people, mostly children, with gastrointestinal illness. Moya says action against officials responsible for managing the Bronkhorstspruit treatment works is underway: