At least 100 Rhodes University students are sick with gastro at the moment. Could be spread throughout Makhanda, not just the university. 

Calls to be careful with the tap water and rather rely on water from dining halls. 

Kirsten was in Makhanda in the middle of this year and can attest to the fact that the drinking water is widely claimed as unsafe. 

Kirsten is also a major advocate for drinking tap water. That has recently been tested though.