Bridle Drift News Today

Buffalo City Metro officials are still counting the costs of Monday’s sudden storm and flash floods that tore through the city, with roads flooded and shacks wrecked, leaving families homeless. Metro spokesperson Samkelo Ngwenya said: “Our teams are busy with ward committees and councillors to assess the damage.

By the end of this week Buffalo City Municipality plans to adhere to the terms of a court order to tackle a dump of medical waste with the potential to contaminate the metro's largest drinking dam, Bridle Drift.

Dangerous. Disgusting. Distasteful. How many ways are there to describe the practice of dumping medical waste at East London’s Bridle Drift Dam? The mess is made up of glass vials, needles and syringes — all dangerous items that need proper disposal at all times. To rub salt in the wound, this is not only meant to be a scenic recreational spot but one of Buffalo City Metro's supply dams — it contains the residents' drinking water.

A broken sewage plant is spilling contaminated water into Buffalo City’s main water supply dam, Bridle Drift.

Eastern Cape dam levels are below 50%, with the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality and the Sarah Baartman district the worst affected by the drought.