/ 27 November 2021

Poisoned: Tshwane’s boreholes, taps and soil

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Sludge flows from the Rooiwal treatment plant into the Apies River and irrigation dams. (Andy Mkosi)
Foul water runs out of Hammanskraal’s taps and farmers can’t grow crops because the City of Tshwane’s Rooiwal wastewater treatment plant contaminates the soil and groundwater

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