The mayor of Ngwathe local municipality has assured residents that water managers are regularly conducting water testing following a diarrhoea outbreak that saw 76 people visiting local healthcare facilities.
The outbreak in the Free State began two weeks ago.
“There have been cases of diarrhoea reported in Parys [and] Vredefort. We had several meetings with the district and the province. At the time, there were no confirmations of cholera," said Mayor Victoria De Beer-Mthombeni.