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‘People the same as pigs’ in the Vaal

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The water and sanitation department has taken over the clean-up project while sewage continues to pollute the Vaal River and Emfuleni municipality
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Testing sewage: The Covid canary in our wastewater

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Local scientists are using wastewater-based epidemiology to trace the SARS-CoV-2 virus in South Africa’s sewage system, which could act as an early warning system for outbreaks of Covid-19, as well as other diseases
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Court interdicts cancelling Hammanskraal wastewater contract

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Meanwhile, the City of Tshwane’s leadership is being dissolved due to collapsing service delivery
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Blyvooruitzicht: A glimmer of hope between the sewage, rats and fear

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‘Thrown away like rubbish’ — Residents of what was once a rich mining town have survived the seven years since the mine closed
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Tens of millions spent on repairs but sewage still flows in the Vaal

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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
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R10m to fix Durban sewage plant

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There are other costs. The waste has sunk to the bottom of the harbour and E coli levels are dangerous, which means businesses are hurting
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SA’s water debt grows by R8-million every 24 hours

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At midnight on Thursday two municipalities failed to pay their water bills. They aren’t unique. Debt is wrecking water and sanitation services
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Rich estate’s dirty, smelly secret

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Blair Atholl has not only violated its water-use licence, but has also released its untreated waste downstream
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Spoiler alert: Raw sewage flows through northern Joburg

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Irresponsible developers, thieves and homeowners have created a costly problem that is polluting the Jukskei River
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Flushing money down the loo

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​It’s no secret that South Africa’s water sector faces big problems. Old infrastructure is falling apart
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Call corruption by its name: Murder

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Allowing infrastructure to break down, because of negligence or direct action, puts lives in danger
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The Vaal remains up shit creek

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Budgetary constraints have resulted in a plan that won’t cope with Sedibeng’s sewage flow
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50 000 litres of sewage flow into SA’s rivers every second

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Every second, 50 000 litres of sewage flow into the country’s rivers, a result of no maintenance because of corruption and incompetence
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​The shit still flows through Deneysville and Refengkgotso

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Two years after government promised to solve the problem, sewage sits in yards as pumps stand idle.
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Northern Works sewage nightmare turns Jukskei black

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Environmentalists fret after a treatment plant again spews raw waste into the Gauteng river.
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