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Sewage still flows into ‘Poo Lake’

Environment Tshegofatso Mathe - 24 Jul 2020

Despite Ekurhuleni spending R2.8-million on a sewer line to prevent further damage to a pump station, raw waste has contaminated a wetland

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Court interdicts cancelling Hammanskraal wastewater contract

Article Sarah Smit - 10 Mar 2020

Meanwhile, the City of Tshwane’s leadership is being dissolved due to collapsing service delivery

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Tens of millions spent on repairs but sewage still flows in the Vaal

Article Athandiwe Saba - 11 Nov 2019

The Vaal River is the lifeblood for almost 50% of the South African population yet at its banks around the Lekwa municipality, sewage flows into it

‘I don’t want my children to live like this’

Article Sarah Smit - 10 May 2019

During the last national elections in 2014, Bekkersdal, west of Johannesburg, was the site of protests, sparked by service delivery woes

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The shit still flows through Deneysville and Refengkgotso

Article Sipho Kings - 4 Jul 2017

Two years after government promised to solve the problem, sewage sits in yards as pumps stand idle.

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Sewage in Gauteng’s drinking water

Article Sipho Kings - 23 Jul 2015

A breakdown in Vaal Dam sewage management is polluting the water for 10-million people in Gauteng while locals live next to streams of human waste.

Concern over rivers of waste

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Nov 2009

Concerns are growing that faulty municipal water treatment works that leak sewage are destroying South Africa's rivers.

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