PRETORIA - The Public Protector has launched a probe into the failures that led to the water crisis in Pretoria East.
The probe was initiated after the EFF and Freedom Front Plus approached the Public Protector's office.
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The Bronkhorstspruit Water treatment plant ran out of chlorine weeks ago.
Residents were never told. Over 400 people have since fallen ill.
The Public Protector will look into the failures in water treatment, and why the metro failed to issue warnings.