Muthambi demands broader accountability in Bronkhorstspruit water crisis [SOUND]

# Parliament’s Health Committee says suspending one official over the Bronkhorstspruit water crisis in Gauteng is not enough. Chairperson Faith Muthambi told eNCA accountability must include City of Tshwane’s management and political leadership. The city admitted residents drank untreated water without warning. Over 400 gastrointestinal cases, mostly children under four, have been reported. Muthambi says the plant manager was suspended and criminal cases opened, but prior warnings about water quality were not acted on: