Water Crisis in Limpopo
Vyeboom Clinic near Vuwani in Limpopo has been without running water for nearly two years due to the incomplete R200-million Malonga Water Reticulation Project.
Staff and patients are forced to bring water from home and use pit toilets, severely compromising hygiene and sanitation, according to a staff member who wished to remain anonymous.
“It is not easy to operate without running water,”
Resident Mpho Musera sometimes helps the clinic by buying water for its 5,000-litre tank, as the clinic's borehole has been dry for two years.
- Villagers are buying water from neighbors with boreholes and transporting it in wheelbarrows.
- The incomplete project has left at least seven villages and the Vyeboom Clinic without running water.
Author's summary: Clinic faces water crisis due to incomplete project.