None of Durban’s beaches qualified to fly the Blue Flag for 2022/23, a concern that could cost the tourism sector dearly ahead of the festive season. 🏊
, however voiced his discontent with the beaches not being awarded a Blue Flag status. He said levels of E.coli have dropped substantially and the infrastructure is being fixed.“It’s every City’s dream to retain the Blue Flag status, but the challenges we experienced at the beginning of the year resulted in our sanitation infrastructure being destroyed.
“As soon as the flow of raw sewage has stopped, it will take a few weeks for nature to clean up the mess. If the flow of sewage isn’t stopped, then the tourism industry will simply collapse,” warned Turton. “Beaches are a major tourist attraction in Umhlanga, especially over the festive season. At the moment, in what we consider the off-season, Umhlanga is losing potentially R10m a day, and over the festive period, we anticipate that figure to be as much as R25m per day.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Here are the 33 Western Cape beaches awarded Blue Flag statusThe iconic Blue Flag is one of the world’s most recognised voluntary eco-labels which are awarded to beaches making the cut after a series of stringent environmental, educational, safety, and accessibility criteria are met and maintained under the discerning eye of the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa
Read more »
Tumblr trolls Elon Musk's blue checkmarks by selling two blue checkmarks for $7.99 | BusinessinsiderTumblr's staff announced users can buy two 'Important Blue Internet Checkmarks' at a 'steal' of $7.99, in a dig at Twitter, because 'nothing matters.'
Read more »
MARK ETHERIDGE: Raise the sailing flag high for young KZN yachtswomanTeenager Nqobile Khuzwayo will be flying the flag for SA onboard the 18m aluminium yacht Maiden when she sails from Cape Town to Maputo
Read more »
Dwyane Wade gets the SA flag tattooed on his wrist in Cape Town | ChannelDwyane Wade and his family, wife Gabrielle Union and daughter Kaavia James arrived in South Africa earlier this week after a whirlwind trip through Zanzibar, Ghana and Namibia. | News24Arts
Read more »
Men allegedly linked to Isis cell in Durban say sanctions have destroyed their lives | WitnessOne of the businessmen brothers who are suspected to be linked to an Isis cell operating in Durban says U.S. sanctions have destroyed their families and livelihoods: TerroristsinSA TerroristsinSandton
Read more »
Student bodies not surprised at lack of transformation at Stellenbosch UniversityStudent bodies say they are vindicated by the finding that black students and staff members still feel unwelcome and excluded at Stellenbosch University, as they have been making this “cry” for inclusion for years.
Read more »