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Court orders North West municipality to stop polluting rivers

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A five-year battle between a North West municipality and the department of water & sanitation has ended in victory for the department.

Over the years, the department had been at loggerheads with the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District municipality over pollution of rivers in the area.

Judge Tebogo Djadje ordered the municipality to immediately cease diverting the flow of raw sewage from Huhudi Township into Farm Rosendal 673. The department said the court outcome is a result of stretched efforts by the department for the municipality to take responsibility for the pollution experienced in the area of their jurisdiction dating back to 2015.

 

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