WATCH: Dead cows, fish found 60km downstream after Dusi oil spill | Independent on Saturday

Picture: Ray de VriesPicture: Ray de VriesPicture: Ray de VriesPicture: Ray de VriesPicture: Save Our Rivers ZADurban - Dead fish and even dead cows were a common sight in the Umsundusi valley on Friday as the massive fatty oil and caustic soda spill from a factory in Pietermaritzburg worked it's way downstream.

"The spill is wiping out everything in the river as far as 60km already. Three cows that we know have died and locals are carrying fish away to eat. There is no sign of authorities at all," he wrote. Over 1600 cubic meters of oil and caustic soda poured into the river from the Willowton group's edible oil factory on Wednesday.

“I can confirm this unfortunate incident. We are working around the clock to speedily address the contamination of Baynespruit stream, a small tributary that flows into Msunduzi River whose waters have also been contaminated as a result,” said Dube-Ncube.

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