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‘I Fought for Freedom, and Now I Am Going to Die without Water,’ Says Mpumalanga Pensioner

Residents, including pensioner Margaret, face nearly 15 years of unreliable water due to aging infrastructure and financial losses of R230.6 million, reports show.

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Pensioner Margaret* has lived without a reliable supply of running water for more than a decade, in Ward 5 of the Lekwa Local Municipality in Standerton, Mpumalanga.

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‘I fought for freedom, and now I am going to die without water,’ says Mpumalanga pensioner

Pensioner Margaret* has lived without a reliable supply of running water for more than a decade, in Ward 5 of the Lekwa Local Municipality in Standerton, Mpumalanga.

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Residents of Lekwa Local Municipality say they have endured years of poor supply

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“I fought for freedom, and now I am going to die without water” says Mpumalanga pensioner

Residents of Lekwa Local Municipality say they have endured years of poor supply

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GroundUp News broke the news in on Thursday, February 19, 2026.
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