VEZ Technology produces the bioactive toilet paper at its operations in Secunda, Mpumalanga.
It would cost billions to repair South Africa's sewerage network, but a start-up selling "weird" toilet paper believes that it will solve the country's problems, "one wipe at a time".
Vanessa Snyman, is one of the founders of VEZ Technology, the makers of a toilet paper that fights germs and helps clean toilet pipes.
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