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South Africa: Court Ruling on Water Sets "Global Precedent"
May 6, 2008
A landmark High Court ruling against a multimillion-dollar prepaid water scheme in South Africa's largest township, Soweto, has been heralded as a global precedent in the struggle for the basic human right to water. The City of Johannesburg is expected to appeal the judgement and residents realise that "the struggle will not end anytime soon".
"Water is life, sanitation is dignity - this case is about the fundamental right to have access to sufficient water and the right to human dignity," said Judge Moroa Tsoka in the Johannesburg High Court last week.
In a class-action suit, five residents of Phiri, one of Soweto's poorest townships, asked the court to order the city to provide at least 50 litres of free water per person per day, double what they currently receive but the basic minimum prescribed by the World Health Organisation.
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category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 8 May 2008
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