/ 13 April 2022

Insect army winning fight against invasive water hyacinth

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Water hyacinth being controlled by bio controll measures at hartebeesport. (Delwyn Verasamy)
The coverage of the invasive superweed has been reduced to 12.5% from 40% in February

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