Cape Town will have more than just Vaalies floating around its beautiful beaches.
There has been a failure at the pump station that discharges “partially treated” sewage into the ocean via an outfall pipe in Camps Bay, resulting in the temporary closure of Camps Bay beach.
At least ActionSA is causing k*k in the right direction – at those in charge, not in the ocean.
Carte Blanche reveals how Knysna is balancing delicately on a tightrope being held on each end by bad governance and poor funding – essentially teetering on the brink of collapse.
While most of the beachgoers were aware that there were problems with the water quality at the time of swimming, they were unaware of the severity of the health risks they faced.
Based on an independent analysis of water samples taken over the past seven weeks, the City of Cape Town has confirmed that our popular beaches received excellent water quality results ahead of the festive season.
Looks like you’ll be gambling your health with your swims this summer.
Is the City of Cape Town really allowing our oceans to become unswimmable and unliveable by pumping billions of litres of sewage into it?
This legacy of bad quality has turned into a humanitarian crisis, and it could become significantly worse if the government doesn’t get off its fat ass and fix things.
There’s no spreading your seeds so easily when the sea is shitty, that’s for sure.
While the City is probably doing its best under the circumstances, discharging sewage at three marine outfalls, two of them in Marine Protected Areas, is not acceptable.
While 51 beaches across South Africa get to fly their Blue Flags high for the next year, Durban is in the dirty water naughty corner.
When John Oliver laid into the town of Danbury, Connecticut, he set in motion a chain of events that has taken some unlikely twists and turns.
If you thought your sewage was free from scrutiny, think again. Scientists are using it to figure out which drugs are the most popular worldwide.
When tested, some of Cape Town’s rivers and canals came up so dirty that they’re bordering on ‘untreated sewage’.
Turns out there are a lot of chemicals accumulating on Cape Town’s coasts, and it’s affecting the local marine life.