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The ReThinkTheStink campaign says the Milnerton Lagoon was turning toxic after a massive sewage smell reportedly started coming down towards the lagoon mouth last weekend and the water started turning a milky white grey colour with the odour increasingly becoming pungent. Picture: Armand Hough/African News Agency(ANA) Toxic sewage spill causes a stink at Milnerton lagoon By Mthuthuzeli Ntseku Share Cape Town - Public pressure group, ReThinkTheStink says the Milnerton lagoon is turning toxic following yet another sewage spill over the weekend. The group said the sewage smell started coming dow...

Adriaan Basson As a precaution, the City of Cape Town had advised residents of the CBD and Atlantic Seaboard not to drink municipal tap water. Mobile standpipes were installed along Beach Road for residents to collect water for domestic consumption, if necessary. The City said an investigation into the quality of the water has shown no health risk. The City of Cape Town announced that the precautionary water advisory, relating to the Atlantic Seaboard, has been lifted. After extensive sampling, it has been revealed that there is no health risk in the distribution system. The water is safe to...

Concerns raised over disused Cape school buildings posing a crime risk By Sisonke Mlamla Share Cape Town - The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) and the Department of Transport and Public Works (DTPW) have been blamed for leaving disused school buildings to be stripped and vandalised, posing a risk to nearby communities. A recent example was the property on which Uitsig High School was located, which was handed back to the DTPW after the school's closure in 2019. Education MEC Debbie Schäfer's spokesperson, Kerry Mauchline, said Beauvallon High School in Valhalla Park is still open. H...

A new report reveals that water pollution across Cape Town’s rivers, vleis and estuaries has been getting steadily worse for 40 years, except for a few years. The 88-page Inland Water Quality Report summary, released on 9 February, shows worsening pollution except for a slight improvement between 2010 and 2015. In a footnote on page 22, the City warns that the rivers, vleis, and estuaries are so polluted that swimming is not recommended. The coastal water quality report was released a year ago, and revealed widespread pollution of the marine environment. But this is the first inland wate...

First published in GroundUp. A new report reveals that water pollution across Cape Town’s rivers, vleis and estuaries has been getting steadily worse for 40 years, except for a few years. The 88-page Inland Water Quality Report summary, released on 9 February, shows worsening pollution except for a slight improvement between 2010 and 2015. In a footnote on page 22, the City warns that the rivers, vleis, and estuaries are so polluted that swimming is not recommended. The coastal water quality report was released a year ago and revealed widespread pollution of the marine environment. But this...