South African health officials confirmed that a cholera outbreak has killed at least 15 people.
More than a hundred others have developed symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting after drinking contaminated water in Hammanskraal, a township north of Pretoria.
Officials have advised people not to drink tap water.
When the regional mayor attempted to visit a hospital treating victims, angry residents chased him away.
Following another cholera outbreak, Johannesburg’s emergency services urged residents to avoid performing traditional and baptismal rituals in rivers and streams.
South African health officials are concerned about the spread of infection in areas with poor sanitation and sewage running through the streets.
