RC 261020SAfmKoketso Sachane
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Tuesday's Meeting Point was dominated by the Bronkhorstspruit water crisis, where unchlorinated water left over 400 people ill, followed by a Tuesday takeover on dancing out of cancer.
- 21:19
Over 400 people, most of them children, fell ill with gastrointestinal illnesses in Bronkhorstspruit after the city did not chlorinate the water between 24 September and 14 October.
- 21:16
Investigators traced the failure to chlorine supply problems, and Tshwane did not warn residents against drinking the water until just before the mayor's briefing.
- 21:20
Mayor Nasiphi Moya apologised, saying over R100 million has been set aside since 2025 for repairs, against R1 million previously budgeted for the plant.
- 21:26
Former mayor Cilliers Brink of the DA and current mayor Nasiphi Moya of ActionSA traded blame, with Moya saying cholera had not been identified as the cause of the outbreak.