At least ActionSA is causing k*k in the right direction – at those in charge, not in the ocean.
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.
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?
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.
But not only does it make pretty places unbearably stinky, it also supposedly causes frequent bouts of ‘the tummy bug’ to go around, and those are not fun at all.
Quite a few beaches have been closed across the city over the past few months due to sewage spills, but the issue seems to be more prevalent than we think.