Onkaankaa residents risk drowning in wells as borehole water is too salty
Residents of Onkaankaa in the Omusati region are forced to risk their lives to access water as the village has no tap water. With a government-drilled borehole producing water that is too salty for consumption, residents of the village in the Otamanzi constituency have been left with no choice but to use deep traditional wells for drinking water and other household needs. The desperation was evident last Friday when more than 20 residents, mostly elderly and young people, gathered to dig a well in search of water. Resident Helena Shaanika said the traditional wells, sometimes 8m to 9m deep, remain