Cholera threatens one-million SA experts warn

2008-12-08 11:05:56

The cholera epidemic started with just a few cases in Zimbabwe, with patients crossing into South Africa to get treated at Mussina hospital. Now, more than 1-million people are threatened by the killer-epidemic, which is so easy to prevent: all they need is clean water which has not been polluted with human feces. Mussina resident Jan Potgieter took this picture of a family rushing for treatment:untreated patients die can die within hours.

Mussina South Africa