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Mother’s heartache after losing son to Hammanskraal cholera outbreak

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Dimakatso Semenya said her son’s eyes had turned white. “We rushed him to hospital when we got there, the security told us to stand on the line because they operate based on the line. We arrived there at 8 am and we were only attended at 8 [p.m] and the [doctors could not find the vital [veins],” said Semenya.
14 May 2024 English South Africa News

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