Durban sewage pollution

Durban’s 6 sewage-fouled beaches closed indefinitely for swimming

by Tony Carnie, Daily MaverickJune 15, 2022 Sewage Causes Beach Closures for Top Tourist Destination More than two months after all Durban’s beaches were closed because of the devastating April floods, several sewage treatment works are still kaput – and it could take several months to repair them. Large sections of sewerage reticulation pipelines are…

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‘Gentleman’s agreement’: Despite mining ban, Russia scours Antarctica for massive fossil fuel deposits

by Tiara Walters, Daily MaverickMay 17, 2022 Supergiant oilfields are simmering below the Southern Ocean, the warming waters at the bottom of the Earth that wrap around the melting, icy Antarctic, a litany of Kremlin sources suggest. Despite the 1998 Antarctic mining ban — ratified by Russia and 28 other states — some of the…

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