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File: A person drinking water from a tap.
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will next month investigate the water crisis in Gauteng.
It has invited all municipalities and water boards in the province to appear before it.
The SAHRC says it has received many complaints about the persistent and widespread water shortages affecting communities across the province.
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It will accept written submissions from interested parties until the 30th of this month.
The SAHR’s Gauteng acting manager, Khululiwe Bhengu says, “It’s unacceptable that we have created the issue of water tankers when people are supposed to be able to access water in a normal way, where the suppliers are supposed to give to them. Because that is also another added cost into an already shrinking fiscal. So in terms of the call for submissions, we’ll have a three-day inquiry in May from 19 to 21. We have invited specifically all the municipalities in the province, we’ve invited the water boards to come and answer a number of questions that we sent to them.”
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