As beaches on the Upper South Coast continue to be contaminated by sewage, all hopes of being awarded Blue Flag status is lost.
THE Wildlife and Environmental Society of South Africa recently names the beaches that have attained Blue Flag status, none of which are on the Upper South Coast.The last time Amanzimtoti Main Beach had Blue Flag status was in the 2020/2021 season, while Umgababa Beach was a Blue Flag Pilot Beach. The April 2022 floods caused sewage to spill into the ocean and no beach between Dakota Beach and Umgababa ever earned that status again.
Sapphire Coast Tourism's Romy Wenzel said it would not be easy to achieve Blue Flag status with the ongoing sewage problem as water quality was the most important factor. eThekwini Municipality’s communications manager, Mduduzi Ncalane, admitted that the loss of the Blue Flag status of Amanzimtoti Main and Umgababa beaches was primarily due to challenges with water quality and destroyed sewerage infrastructure due to floods.
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