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Sewage spills

Holy crap! Council invokes ‘sovereign immunity’ in bid to dodge criminal sewage pollution charges

Our Burning Planet

Holy crap! Council invokes ‘sovereign immunity’ in bid to dodge criminal sewage pollution charges

By Tony Carnie

Hopes for clean seawater rise after Durban agrees to (partial) takeover of overflowing sewage plants

South Africa

Hopes for clean seawater rise after Durban agrees to (partial) takeover of overflowing sewage plants

By Tony Carnie

UPDATED: DA dashes party-switching candidate’s hopes of winning Durban’s Chatsworth Ward 73 for ANC

South Africa

UPDATED: DA dashes party-switching candidate’s hopes of winning Durban’s Chatsworth Ward 73 for ANC

By Chris Makhaye

Government official points to eThekwini negligence for Durban’s rising tide of beach pollution

Our Burning Planet

Government official points to eThekwini negligence for Durban’s rising tide of beach pollution

By Tony Carnie

Cape Town’s beaches may be more hazardous to health than they seem, according to sewage test results

Maverick Citizen

Cape Town’s beaches may be more hazardous to health than they seem, according to sewage test results

By Steve Kretzmann

eThekwini municipality severely censured in latest Auditor-General report

South Africa

eThekwini municipality severely censured in latest Auditor-General report

By Des Erasmus

East London municipality faces court action over sewage spills that pollute beaches and rivers

South Africa

East London municipality faces court action over sewage spills that pollute beaches and rivers

By Tembile Sgqolana

Latest round of Cape Town coastal closures affects Hout Bay and Dalebrook Tidal Pool

South Africa

Latest round of Cape Town coastal closures affects Hout Bay and Dalebrook Tidal Pool

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Some beachgoers undeterred by health warnings as Cape Town blames rolling blackouts for sewage spills

South Africa

Some beachgoers undeterred by health warnings as Cape Town blames rolling blackouts for sewage spills

By Steve Kretzmann

Rolling blackouts blamed for water outages in Western Cape municipalities

South Africa

Rolling blackouts blamed for water outages in Western Cape municipalities

By Suné Payne

Sewage pollution closes yet another South African beach, this time in Cape Town

South Africa

Sewage pollution closes yet another South African beach, this time in Cape Town

By Victoria O’Regan

Sewage spills — Nahoon estuary forum takes Buffalo City municipality to court, again

Our Burning Planet

Sewage spills — Nahoon estuary forum takes Buffalo City municipality to court, again

By Tembile Sgqolana