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Environment & Natural Resources

Lesser flamingos lose one of their only four African breeding sites to sewage

Tim Cocks 27 May 2025

Source: Theewaterskloof Municipality. Theewaterskloof Dam.

Infrastructure & Utilities

"Cape Town’s water recycling project should not be privatised"

17 Apr 2025

Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, Sello Seitlholo, and the Rhodes University Centre for Biological Control (CBC) have released weevil species to tackle the invasive alien aquatic plant at Hartbeespoort Dam in the North West. Source:

Environment & Natural Resources

Action taken against Harties Dam invasive alien plant

19 Mar 2025

The City of Cape Town has been releasing more sewage into the ocean from its Hout Bay marine outfall than its discharge permit allows. But following appeals over the granting of the permit, and a criminal case being laid against the City, environmental minister Dion George has lifted restrictions on the quantity of sewage it is allowed to discharge. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes

Steve Kretzmann 19 Nov 2024

The Gcuwa River at Butterworth has been contaminated by constant flows of raw sewage for eight years, and has become a dump site. Photo: Manqulo Nyakombi / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Eight years and counting - sewage spills into Butterworth river

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 13 Aug 2024

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

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons

Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024

More than two million litres of sieved raw sewage is pumped out to sea off Camps Bay every day. This is one of three marine outfalls, the other two being at Greenpoint and Hout Bay. The City has commissioned a study to determine the costs of treating the sewage first, or piping it to existing wastewater treatment works or further out to sea. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / Groundup

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024

Accounting & Auditing

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

Issued by SAICA 6 Nov 2023

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

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town ordered to hold public hearings on sewage being pumped into the sea

Steve Kretzmann 21 Sep 2023

Infrastructure & Utilities

WaterCan lays criminal complaint against CoJ for ongoing sewage pollution

26 Jul 2023

Infrastructure & Utilities

Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town

Steve Kretzmann 24 Feb 2023

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Clean drinking water: Discharging raw sewage into rivers and dams is a national security issue

Professor Anthony Turton 28 Mar 2022

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Clean-up campaign shows that removing water pollutants drops E. coli levels

23 Feb 2022

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Durban beachgoers continue to swim despite warning signs

Nokulunga Majola 14 Jan 2022

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Alexandra residents clean up township

Masego Mafata 20 Dec 2021

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Filthy Mthatha is a pigsty, say residents

Mkhuseli Sizani 8 Dec 2021

Agriculture

Keeping SA's agricultural sector sustainable is imperative. Here's why

21 Sep 2021

Food, Water & Energy Security

Vending machines bring safe, cheap water to Nairobi slums

Dominic Kirui 15 Sep 2021

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Addo awash in raw sewage for months

Joseph Chirume 18 Aug 2021

Infrastructure & Utilities

Africities 2022 offers opportunity to examine water issues

Simon Thomas 14 Jul 2021

Infrastructure & Utilities

Black water to potable water treatment and purification

Ruan Jansen van Rensburg 30 Sep 2020

Environmental Law

Court ruling in water pollution case

14 Sep 2020

Human Rights Law

Court orders Eskom to restore full supply immediately

Tania Broughton 2 Sep 2020

Media

Sikuvile Journalism Awards: Finalists announced!

10 Jun 2019

Infrastructure & Utilities

Massive pollution in Durban sea as waste treatment facility fails

Fred Kockott 13 May 2019

Infrastructure & Utilities

R341m set aside for Vaal River rehabilitation

8 Apr 2019

Affordable & Social Housing

RDP house on sale for R1.7m

1 Mar 2019

Infrastructure & Utilities

Wastewater audit missing as countrywide water shortage looms

Steve Kretzmann 28 Feb 2019

Food, Water & Energy Security

20 years on, has our National Water Act failed us?

John Dini 17 Oct 2018

These RDP houses in Joe Slovo flood regularly. Photo: Joseph Chirume

Affordable & Social Housing

RDP houses built in a floodplain

Joseph Chirume 7 Aug 2018

Infrastructure & Utilities

Footage reveals flood of sewage into Swartkops River

Estelle Ellis 19 Apr 2017

Construction & Engineering

Veolia upgrades pump station in KZN

13 Apr 2017

Design Indaba

#DesignIndaba2017: How to know if you're swimming in it

Ilse van den Berg 4 Mar 2017

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Surf's up - and so is the sewage

Shanaaz Eggington 28 Dec 2015

Agriculture

Minimum wage 'hurt' farm workers

24 Jul 2015

Agriculture

Policy poisons farming

23 Jul 2015

Environment & Natural Resources

Sedibeng sewer scheme brings relief to residents

Gabi Khumalo 14 May 2015

Administration

Court action looms on agri-college

7 May 2012

Public Health

Bulawayo runs out of money

26 Feb 2008

Marketing

Hard-living, Harare-style

3 Aug 2007

Healthcare

Hard-living, Harare-style

3 Aug 2007

Retail

Hard-living, Harare-style

3 Aug 2007

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