A municipal water worker in South Africa was murdered March 28 after responding to a customer complaint of a blocked sewer line. Taelo Kekana, 43, was part of a six-person team of the Ekurhuleni Water and Sanitation Department that was investigating the blockage when four men suddenly attacked them.All four suspects have been arrested in connection with the attack, reports the Alberton Record, but no motive was reported.“We are still trying to make sense of this incident,” says Ekurhuleni Mayor Mondli Gungubele. “For a municipal employee to sacrifice his family time during the Easter weekend to be on standby, only
News Briefs: Municipal Water Worker Murdered
In this week’s news briefs, a service call ends in tragedy, an Iowa city passes a grease trap inspection fee, and Idaho regulators ask water utilities to double-check water systems statewide.
Apr 07, 2016 | by Luke LeNoble |















