Ugatsha lukahulumende olwezempilakahle, njengezinye ingatsha, belubhekane lobunzima obukhulu ngomnyaka ka 2009, kulandela ukuqhamuka kwesihudo secholera ngomnyaka ka 2008, kanye lokukhalala umsebenzi okwenziwa ngodokotela labongi, ngenxa yeholo eliphansi.
Umkhuhlane we cholera, wona obulele abantu abedlula inkulungwane ezine, 4, 200 njalo wahlasela abedlula inkulungwane ezilikhulu, 100 000, uqhubeke usidla ubhedu ekuqaleni komnyaka esesiwugqibile.
Isihudo lesi sike sadeda kancinyane, kodwa waphinda wathutshisa ikhanda njalo ngenyanga ka Mfumfu, ubulala abantu abedlula itshumi, njalo usuhlasele abedlula amakhulu amabili.