South Africa: Free State Community Shares One Tap Between 40 Households

Sanitation in the Bohlokong area in the Free State is so poor that it has started affecting the health of children in the Baipeing community in Bethlehem.

One tap is shared between more than 40 households in the community of Baipeing, which means “you have placed yourselves”. And what’s more is that the tap is situated in the dirty outskirts of the town where cows graze.

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