For years, the river has been an environmental and health hazard with raw sewage flowing into surrounding areas from various points. Despite the deployment of specialised engineers from the South African National Defence Force, not all sewage sources have been stopped. The Vaal River clean-up project will receive another cash injection. “We are sitting at..
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#Sh*thole country! Vaal residents are living in their own waste – Raw sewage spills on the streets of Vaal
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Listeriosis outbreak: Hunt for a killer bug
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It’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
The medical scientists at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) have been trying to find the source of the listeriosis outbreak, but the haystack seems to grow larger by the day.
With over 900 cases confirmed through laboratory tests, the food-borne disease has so far claimed 172 lives across the country.
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Durban’s Umhlanga beach closed in wake of sewage spill
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Umhlanga has been forced to close its beaches after a pipe burst‚ spilling sewage into the water and the promenade.
A sewage spill in the plush Durban suburb of Umhlanga has forced the closure of all its beaches.
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