An outbreak of cholera that began 10 months ago in South Africa has so far killed more than 200 people and infected more than 100,000.
The outbreak occurred in the eastern part of South Africa among a rural population that relies on rivers and streams for their water, since tap water and toilet facilities are nonexistent from decades of neglect by the former apartheid government.
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Death toll from cholera outbreak in South Africa tops 200. Agence France-Presse, June 4, 2001.