Qwaqwa
Five dead after FS mother poisons herself and her children
The children’s grandmother made the gruesome discovery in their home in QwaQwa on Saturday.
Musa’s death last month further enflamed the mood among residents of Mandela Park township on the edge of QwaQwa in South Africa, turning intermittent protests over water shortages into a full-blown, week-long riot.
Residents there have been provided with some water tanks after violent protests shut down the area, with residents lashing out at government for leaving them without water for years.
During her visit to the area last month, Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu committed to distributing 5,000 water tanks to households.
Service delivery protests erupted in the small town last month, sparked by the drowning of an eight-year-old girl.
The SAWS issued a watch for heavy rains and possible flooding in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State.
The community has faced water shortages for years now and say Sunday’s drowning was the last straw.