Ageing infrastructure and load-shedding cause sewage spills and beach closures in Cape Town

Small Bay and the Deep Blue section of Strand Beach were reopened on 3 January but Fish Hoek Beach remained closed.The Deep Blue section was closed because of an electrical fault at the pump station and, according to the city, the issue has been resolved.

“So when there is an outage of two to four hours we are still perfectly fine to pump sewer when we need to do so,” he said. Andrew said there was an economic cost too, after an estate agent lost a sale on a property because of the stench.

Now Cape Town too. Such a shame

The excruciating pain you go through just to make excuses for the Cape Town government.

So, this article's headline talks about sewage spills, and they feature a picture with pipes leading into the ocean... I am not eating South African fish any more!

Awuuuuu Load Shedding🙄

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How the hell does loadshedding cause sewage spills? Oh y'all trying to pin it on the criminal syndicate ANC

So where do those pipes usually takes the poo? The sea, No?

Loadshedding we love you so much Our future ancnewrenewal

That's lies

Loadshedding 😂😂

Surely a 'well run' city would have anticipated that and planned for that the minute we hit stage 6 thanks to De Ruiyter...also infrastructure doesnt just age over night...and the DA has been in charge for more than 2 terms now...so they cant blame no one else. 🤷🏿‍♂️

If it is DA failing, excuses are accepted.

I'm sure DA chowed the money of replacing them.. With they tender irregularities that u never talk abt.. and we all knw y

What a disgrace to pump the shit in the ocean !

When I listened to one of the African Councillors from Masiphumele that's not the case. When we dump our dead car engine in the sewer, definitely we will get this challenges

What a way to capture it. Wow.

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