As service delivery protests continue to grip South Africa, Tuesday night saw yet another death resulting from a combination of poor service delivery and great irresponsibility. A nine year-old learner died after she was electrocuted by an illegally connected bare wire. Young Zanele Mdaka passed away just moments after she had been brought into the Chiawelo community health centre in Soweto.
In early August last year, the community of Protea South took to the streets in protest against what they called a woefully poor delivery of services. Residents at the time complained about the closure of their clinic and general provision of basic services. This after a decision was taken to close down the clinic after it was discovered that some residents had illegally connected electricity from the main supply to the local clinic.
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