Pretoria - Limpopo Department of Health spokesperson Phuthi Seloba has confirmed 52 new cases of cholera in the province.
This brings the total number of people infected with the disease in the province to 1854, according to Mr Seloba who said that nine people have died so far.
Eleven new cases were recorded in Sinthumule/Kutama area, six were recorded in Louis Trichardt, 11 in Dikolong, six in Botlokwa and four in the Madimbo village, outside Musina among others.
Fidel Hadebe, spokesperson for the national Department of Health said Limpopo was leading with the highest infection rate.
Gauteng, the province with the second highest number of cholera cases has recorded a total of 133 new cases. Media reports have suggested that three deaths have been recorded in Gauteng.
Nationally, 2008 people have been infected with cholera with 15 people dying of the disease.
Mr Seloba encouraged residents to continue taking precautionary measures to prevent spreading the curable disease further. "We still want to encourage our people to wash their hands every time they use the toilets as well as boil water collected from the wells and rivers," he said.
Traditional leader in the Sinthumule/Kutama area, Vho-Progress Muyahavho Kutama said a temporary cholera treatment centre had been set up outside the Tshilwavhusiku clinic after two patients died while being transported to Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital which is about 20km away from his village.
The clinic had been struggling to cope with the cholera patients.
Mr Kutama said a major challenge community leaders were facing was altering the community's perception about the disease; many believed that the disease was a result of witchcraft.
He said he had requested that officials from the Department of Health visit local schools to explain to the pupils how to prevent contracting cholera.
The District Mayor for the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality in Groblersdal, Dickson Masemola met with various stakeholders in Burgersfort on Tuesday to find a solution to the cholera outbreak.
The stakeholders included Limpopo's Health Department, the Red Cross, home-based care-givers, ward committee members, councilors' and members of the community.
Spokesperson for the municipality Sizwe sama Yende, said during the meeting the municipality agreed to put aside R18.5 million to intensify efforts to provide clean water and fight the spread of cholera.
He said the cholera outbreak began on 12 December when there was an interruption in water in the area due to theft of parts or all of the machines that pumped water to the reservoirs.
"The municipality will speedily repair all water infrastructures that have broken down and continue to supply water to areas without proper infrastructure with tankers," he said.
He said health and hygiene awareness campaigns would also be conducted throughout the district and that efforts would be doubled to ensure cholera did not spread.
Mr Yende said the municipality would also source funds to upgrade and refurbish waste water treatment plants.