Joint media statement by Ministries of Health, Water and Sanitation, Gauteng Provincial Government and the City of Tshwane on Bronkhorstspruit water

Joint media statement by Ministries of Health, Water and Sanitation, Gauteng Provincial Government and the City of Tshwane on Bronkhorstspruit water Vuyelwa Mon, 10/19/2026 - 19:31 19 Oct 2026 Following reports of an unusually high number of patients presenting with stomach cramps and diarrhoea at Bronkhorstspruit Hospital, national and provincial Department of Health and City of Tshwane Rapid Response Teams have been on site since 13 October 2026. Patients have been treated at the hospital and local clinics from Zithobeni, Bronkhorstspruit, Dark City, Rethabiseng and Sokhulumi in Tshwane’s Region 7. The affected areas are largely supplied with water by the City of Tshwane’s Bronkhorstspruit Water Treatment Works (BWTW). On 13 October 2026, the Minister of Health requested the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to carry out an investigation into the quality of the water emanating from the BWTW. The Ministries of Water and Sanitation and Health, the Gauteng Provincial Government, and the City of Tshwane (CoT) met on Sunday evening, 18 October 2026 to receive an update from an intergovernmental technical team on the coordinated response. This followed a similar meeting on the e

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