MISA demands accountability after 408 people fall ill from contaminated Tshwane water [SOUND]

# The Motor Industry Staff Association says the City of Tshwane must be held accountable after 408 people fell ill from gastrointestinal infections linked to contaminated drinking water in Bronkhorstspruit and surrounding communities. A joint investigation found that the local water treatment works distributed unchlorinated water for three weeks, due to problems with the city’s chlorine supply. The association’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says the city also failed to warn residents that the water was unsafe: