THE CONVERSATION Decades of South African research reveal key strategies to reduce water contamination in fruit and veg 1 min 0 By Loandi Richter-Mouton and Lise Korsten
‘NOVEL’ ARGUMENT Holy crap! Council invokes ‘sovereign immunity’ in bid to dodge criminal sewage pollution charges 5 min 17 By Tony Carnie
EMERGENCY PLAN Hopes for clean seawater rise after Durban agrees to (partial) takeover of overflowing sewage plants 5 min 16 By Tony Carnie
MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTIONS UPDATED: DA dashes party-switching candidate’s hopes of winning Durban’s Chatsworth Ward 73 for ANC 6 min 6 By Chris Makhaye
TOXIC INC Government official points to eThekwini negligence for Durban’s rising tide of beach pollution 6 min 2 By Tony Carnie
GROUNDUP Cape Town’s beaches may be more hazardous to health than they seem, according to sewage test results 4 min 2 By Steve Kretzmann
BLEAK PICTURE eThekwini municipality severely censured in latest Auditor-General report 6 min 2 By Des Erasmus
DIRTY STRAITS East London municipality faces court action over sewage spills that pollute beaches and rivers 5 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
BEACH SEWAGE REPORT Latest round of Cape Town coastal closures affects Hout Bay and Dalebrook Tidal Pool 2 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
GROUNDUP Some beachgoers undeterred by health warnings as Cape Town blames rolling blackouts for sewage spills 5 min 0 By Steve Kretzmann
POWER CRISIS Rolling blackouts blamed for water outages in Western Cape municipalities 3 min 0 By Suné Payne
MURKY WATERS Sewage pollution closes yet another South African beach, this time in Cape Town 4 min 1 By Victoria O’Regan
FOUL WATERS Sewage spills — Nahoon estuary forum takes Buffalo City municipality to court, again 4 min 1 By Tembile Sgqolana
GROUNDUP SERVICE DELIVERY Khayelitsha all-girl soccer club cries foul over persistent sewage spills and rubbish 2 min 0 By Mary-Anne Gontsana
SEWAGE SECRECY Big stink as eThekwini hides its Durban beach water lab results 7 min 5 By Tony Carnie
TAPPED OUT Drought, disease and destitution: Minister Senzo Mchunu reflects on a rocky first year in office 3 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
GROUNDUP HEALTH CONCERN Young children at risk as diarrhoea cases surge in Cape Town 5 min 0 By Steve Kretzmann
WASTEWATER WOES Clifton 4th Beach closed until further notice after sewer pump failure 2 min 1 By Suné Payne
DYSFUNCTIONAL STATE Falling to pieces: The disastrous state of towns in the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality 6 min 7 By Tembile Sgqolana
