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![The Umgeni River mouth is a popular recreation area in Durban, but is chronically polluted by sewage. Photo: Nokulunga Majola / GroundUp](https://biz-file.com/c/2407/744795-120x120.jpg?2)
![The river that flows out to sea at Margate’s main beach is fed with up to 7-million litres of effluent per day from a failing sewage treatment plant about 1.8km upstream. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp](https://biz-file.com/c/2405/737529-120x120.jpg?2)
ESG & Sustainability
Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons
Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024
![The Green Point marine outfall is one of three in Cape Town through which millions of litres of sewage are pumped out to sea daily. The City has been ordered to embark on a public participation process over the permits required for the operation of these outfalls. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann | GroundUp](https://biz-file.com/c/2309/713168-120x120.jpg?2)
ESG & Sustainability
Cape Town ordered to hold public hearings on sewage being pumped into the sea
Steve Kretzmann 21 Sep 2023
![Image: South Beach in Durban earlier this February after heavy rains. Much of it comes from rivers that empty into the sea. Photos: Lucas Nowicki | GroundUp](https://biz-file.com/c/2302/689207-120x120.jpg?2)
ESG & Sustainability
Call for government to save Durban's contaminated rivers
Lucas Nowicki 27 Feb 2023
![Boat club questions City of Cape Town's water quality tests](https://biz-file.com/c/2202/644039-120x120.jpg?2)
ESG & Sustainability
Boat club questions City of Cape Town's water quality tests
Liezl Human 1 Feb 2022
![Durban beachgoers continue to swim despite warning signs](https://biz-file.com/c/2201/642032-120x120.jpg?2)
ESG & Sustainability
Durban beachgoers continue to swim despite warning signs
Nokulunga Majola 14 Jan 2022
![New data shows how badly polluted Cape Town's vleis are](https://biz-file.com/c/2111/634559-120x120.jpg?2)
![6,000 people sign petition demanding City of Cape Town comes clean on water quality](https://biz-file.com/c/2108/625258-120x120.jpg?2)
![Beaches at risk: Report reveals alarming pollution along Cape Town's coast](https://biz-file.com/c/2004/552562-120x120.jpg?2)
ESG & Sustainability
Beaches at risk: Report reveals alarming pollution along Cape Town's coast
Steve Kretzmann 30 Apr 2020
![Academics raise alarm over by-law restricting water testing](https://biz-file.com/c/2003/546439-120x120.jpg?2)
ESG & Sustainability
Academics raise alarm over by-law restricting water testing
Steve Kretzmann 31 Mar 2020
![Province raps city's knuckles over state of rivers](https://biz-file.com/c/2002/539674-120x120.jpg?2)
Construction & Engineering
Province raps city's knuckles over state of rivers
Steve Kretzmann 21 Feb 2020
![Cape Town's rivers are open streams of sewage, yet the city is not spending its budget](https://biz-file.com/c/1909/518440-120x120.jpg?2)
Construction & Engineering
Cape Town's rivers are open streams of sewage, yet the city is not spending its budget
Steve Kretzmann 27 Sep 2019
![City fails to publish water quality tests for two years](https://biz-file.com/c/1902/482020-120x120.jpg?2)
Construction & Engineering
City fails to publish water quality tests for two years
Steve Kretzmann 12 Feb 2019
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