'It smells bad and muddy like rotten dam water'

Tulbagh resident and mother of five, Mina Jantjies said the water had been discoloured for around three weeks now.

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“The municipality insists the water is clean. But it smells bad, it smells muddy, like rotten dam water. I live in an informal settlement, we must have water here. Even when you wash with this water you don’t smell nice. It is unhygienic. The children don’t even want to be near this water. It’s almost Christmas now and our only option is to buy at the garage and not everyone can afford to do that,” she said.