South Africa: Cholera confirmed in the Eastern Cape

Thirteen people in the Eastern Cape have died from cholera and more than a hundred had to be treated in hospital for the disease after a recent outbreak. The provincial government has promised the affected communities emergency medical resources to stop the spreading of the disease. Monwabisi Goqwana, the health MEC, flew to Sebeni in Ntabankulu, one of three affected villages, to confirm the outbreak. Goqwana appealed to the community not to blame the deaths on witchcraft.