* Eight-year outdated drowns whereas fetching water from fetid stream * Protest in small ci
* Eight-year outdated drowns whereas fetching water from fetid
stream
* Protest in small city over shortages turns violent after
loss of life
* Southern Africa dealing with worst drought in a century
* Growing indicators of rising climate-linked social
instability
By Mfuneko Toyana
QWAQWA, South Africa, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Eight-year-old Musa
and her older sister Moleboheng trudged down the ravine with
buckets and drum bottles to fetch water from a dirty stream
as a result of they have been thirsty and bored with ready for vehicles meant
to ship emergency water that by no means confirmed up.
However Musa by no means returned, her mom Phindile Mbele recalled,
choking again tears. The little woman drowned within the stream, which
is thick with sewage, mud and algae, in all probability pulled down by a
sturdy underwater present.
“We rushed down there. She was nonetheless beneath the water… Two
boys from the neighbourhood went in and one carried her out,”
Mbele stated. “The home is empty with out her. She was such a
candy, quiet little one”.
Musa’s loss of life final month additional enflamed the temper amongst
residents of Mandela Park township on the sting of Qwaqwa in
South Africa, turning intermittent protests over water shortages
right into a full-blown, week-long riot.
Protesters torched retailers, overturned authorities automobiles and
hurled bricks…