We can't breathe, say residents who have to contend with Vaal River's suffocating stench
We canât breathe, say residents who have to contend with Vaal Riverâs suffocating stench By Manyane Manyane Share Johannesburg - Resident Michael Gaade says for the Vaal River to be clean again, authorities should start by clearing the Rietspruit River and inoperative wastewater treatments which have over time also added to the pollution and created a health hazard for the communities in the Vaal area. Carrying his pool net, Gaade, who lives in Rietspruit, a plot on the river banks of the Rietspruit River outside Vanderbijlpark, demonstrated how the inoperative wastewater treatments...