At least 408 people, mostly children, have fallen ill amid a gastrointestinal outbreak in Tshwane [SOUND]

# Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina says the City of Tshwane failed to warn Bronkhorstspruit residents that unchlorinated water was unsafe for use. This follows a gastrointestinal outbreak, with 408 cases reported in Tshwane Region Seven between the 7th and 8th of this month. Most of those affected were children under the age of four, while no deaths have been recorded. Majodina says the Water Research Commission has been appointed to conduct independent water quality tests, with results expected tomorrow: