Health officials in South Africa have confirmed that a cholera outbreak has killed at least 15 people.

More than 100 others have shown symptoms – including diarrhoea and vomiting – after drinking contaminated water in Hammanskraal, a township north of the capital Pretoria.

Officials have urged people to stop drinking tap water.

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Frustrated residents chased away the regional mayor when he attempted to visit a hospital treating victims.

Last month, the emergency services in Johannesburg urged people to avoid performing traditional and baptism rituals in rivers and streams following another cholera outbreak.

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South African health experts have raised concern about further infections in areas with poor sanitation and sewage running through the streets.