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The Umgeni River mouth is a popular recreation area in Durban, but is chronically polluted by sewage. Photo: Nokulunga Majola / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Umgeni: A river of sewage flowing through Durban

Nokulunga Majola 17 hours

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

ESG & Sustainability

Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons

Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024

More than 200-million litres of untreated or partially treated sewage is released into False Bay daily. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Failing sewage plants continue to pollute False Bay

Steve Kretzmann 16 Feb 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

ESG & Sustainability

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024

Rui Lopes, animal welfare specialist and Equity Principal & Head of Africa Relations at Lopes Attorneys

Legal

#BizTrends2024: Animal welfare laws and regulation - what we can expect in 2024

Rui Lopes and Michael Jenkins 16 Jan 2024

Tips for storage, safety, and food handling in hot weather

Retail

Tips for storage, safety, and food handling in hot weather

19 Dec 2023

Durban beaches closed due to contamination

Tourism & Travel

Durban beaches closed due to contamination

18 Dec 2023

WaterCan lays criminal complaint against CoJ for ongoing sewage pollution

Construction & Engineering

WaterCan lays criminal complaint against CoJ for ongoing sewage pollution

26 Jul 2023

SA's drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure, neglect

Construction & Engineering

SA's drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure, neglect

Anja du Plessis 14 Jun 2023

Image: South Beach in Durban earlier this February after heavy rains. Much of it comes from rivers that empty into the sea. Photos: Lucas Nowicki | GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Call for government to save Durban's contaminated rivers

Lucas Nowicki 27 Feb 2023

Power cuts in SA are playing havoc with the country's water system

Construction & Engineering

Power cuts in SA are playing havoc with the country's water system

Anja du Plessis 24 Jan 2023

Sewage on the seashore: Here's what's causing Cape Town's beach closures

ESG & Sustainability

Sewage on the seashore: Here's what's causing Cape Town's beach closures

Steve Kretzmann 13 Jan 2023

Your laptop - the mobile plague-bearer?

ICT

Your laptop - the mobile plague-bearer?

Issued by ASUS 12 Dec 2022

#OrchidsandOnions: Leading by example

Marketing & Media

#OrchidsandOnions: Leading by example

Brendan Seery 24 Oct 2022

5 ways to start fixing SA's deteriorating water quality

Construction & Engineering

5 ways to start fixing SA's deteriorating water quality

Andi Rweqane 30 May 2022

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

ESG & Sustainability

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

23 Feb 2022

Boat club questions City of Cape Town's water quality tests

ESG & Sustainability

Boat club questions City of Cape Town's water quality tests

Liezl Human 1 Feb 2022

Durban beachgoers continue to swim despite warning signs

ESG & Sustainability

Durban beachgoers continue to swim despite warning signs

Nokulunga Majola 14 Jan 2022

Alexandra residents clean up township

ESG & Sustainability

Alexandra residents clean up township

Masego Mafata 20 Dec 2021

New data shows how badly polluted Cape Town's vleis are

ESG & Sustainability

New data shows how badly polluted Cape Town's vleis are

9 Nov 2021

Zandvlei opens for boating after sewage scare

ESG & Sustainability

Zandvlei opens for boating after sewage scare

Liezl Human 8 Oct 2021

6,000 people sign petition demanding City of Cape Town comes clean on water quality

ESG & Sustainability

6,000 people sign petition demanding City of Cape Town comes clean on water quality

26 Aug 2021

Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in Milnerton Lagoon

ESG & Sustainability

Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in Milnerton Lagoon

Steve Kretzmann and Raymond Joseph 5 Nov 2020

"Massive" oil spill in Umbilo River

ESG & Sustainability

"Massive" oil spill in Umbilo River

Nokulunga Majola 21 Oct 2020

How smart water solutions could help solve Africa's water challenges

Construction & Engineering

How smart water solutions could help solve Africa's water challenges

29 May 2020

Beaches at risk: Report reveals alarming pollution along Cape Town's coast

ESG & Sustainability

Beaches at risk: Report reveals alarming pollution along Cape Town's coast

Steve Kretzmann 30 Apr 2020

Province raps city's knuckles over state of rivers

Construction & Engineering

Province raps city's knuckles over state of rivers

Steve Kretzmann 21 Feb 2020

Technology trends impacting global manufacturing in 2020

Retail

Technology trends impacting global manufacturing in 2020

Kevin Dherman 13 Dec 2019

Researchers have evidence of another method that bacteria use to avoid antibiotics. Sirirat/Shutterstock

Healthcare

Researchers have directly proven that bacteria can change shape inside humans to avoid antibiotics

Katarzyna Mickiewicz 1 Oct 2019

Cape Town's rivers are open streams of sewage, yet the city is not spending its budget

Construction & Engineering

Cape Town's rivers are open streams of sewage, yet the city is not spending its budget

Steve Kretzmann 27 Sep 2019

Agriculture

#FoodNextAfrica: Blockchain will simplify and transform supply chain traceability

Robin Fredericks 25 Sep 2019

Why food safety in Africa's informal markets must be driven by consumers

Agriculture

Why food safety in Africa's informal markets must be driven by consumers

Arie Havelaar and Ashagrie Zewdu Woldegiorgis 10 Jun 2019

Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?

Healthcare

Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?

Chris Sweeney 10 Apr 2019

Feeding farm animals seaweed could help fight antibiotic resistance and climate change

Agriculture

Feeding farm animals seaweed could help fight antibiotic resistance and climate change

Lauren Ford and Pamela Judith Walsh 1 Apr 2019

High levels of E.coli confirmed around the Knysna estuary

ESG & Sustainability

High levels of E.coli confirmed around the Knysna estuary

13 Mar 2019

The major source of ocean plastic pollution you've probably never heard of

ESG & Sustainability

The major source of ocean plastic pollution you've probably never heard of

Claire Gwinnett 12 Mar 2019

Agriculture

Global hydroponic markets to reach estimated CAGR of 6.5% by 2025

11 Mar 2019

5 ways our food supply chain will transform in 5 years

Retail

5 ways our food supply chain will transform in 5 years

14 Feb 2019

City fails to publish water quality tests for two years

Construction & Engineering

City fails to publish water quality tests for two years

Steve Kretzmann 12 Feb 2019

Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance

Healthcare

Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance

19 Dec 2018

Grocers: Get ready to join the blockchain party

Retail

Grocers: Get ready to join the blockchain party

Sylvain Charlebois 22 Oct 2018

Listeriosis can be rallying call for the industry

Agriculture

Listeriosis can be rallying call for the industry

Emma Corder 5 Jul 2018

People in the HaMakuya community go without potable water for months. Melissa McHale

Construction & Engineering

Small, local solutions can crack water crises: a South African case study

Melissa McHale, David Bunn and Eddie Riddell 22 May 2018

SA's young scientists at international showcase

Education

SA's young scientists at international showcase

18 May 2018

Chasing zero: What will it take to improve food safety standards in SA?

Retail

Chasing zero: What will it take to improve food safety standards in SA?

14 May 2018

Listeriosis: Food safety expert highlights need for clear government regulations

Retail

Listeriosis: Food safety expert highlights need for clear government regulations

Michael Acott 22 Mar 2018

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Agriculture

How safe is the food on your plate?

12 Mar 2018

How Cape Town's water crisis could make people sick

ESG & Sustainability

How Cape Town's water crisis could make people sick

Bob Mash, Hassan Mahomed and Shrikant Peters 15 Feb 2018

WHO keeps tabs on antibiotic resistance with new system

Healthcare

WHO keeps tabs on antibiotic resistance with new system

7 Feb 2018

Eggs contaminated with disease-causing bacteria

Healthcare

Eggs contaminated with disease-causing bacteria

18 Dec 2017