Gonubie River battles sewage spills caused by load-shedding
One of the last clean rivers in the Buffalo City Metro has been choking under raw effluent. The Gonubie River has had sewage spewing into its estuary from a pipe alongside the Tidewaters picnic site since Friday as pump stations overflow due to load-shedding. BCM spokesperson Samkelo Ngwenya said: “With the back-to-back severe load-shedding that we are experiencing, we are bound to be getting these types of challenges, but we are not folding our arms.
Source: dispatchlive.co.za