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With holidaymakers due to descend on popular beaches in the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape during the holiday season, officials ‘pull out all the stops’
eThekwini sewage management crisis: DA challenges city’s excuses in court
Durban municipal leaders will come under renewed legal pressure this week to devise a more ambitious and ‘credible’ action plan to resolve a long-standing sewage management crisis that has led to widespread pollution of local rivers and repeated closures of tourist beaches.
Tides of controversy: Coastal water quality becomes a battleground in Cape Town
A firestorm has erupted in the aftermath of a citizen-led report contradicting the City of Cape Town’s claims of pristine seawater quality at many of its beaches.
A sewer collapse in Strand, first reported more than a month earlier, has caused sewage to flow into the ocean for two weeks, prompting concern for the health and safety of residents, beach users and the environment.
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