DurbanFloods | The clean-up enlisted the help of about 500 volunteers, including 100 firefighters, who focused their attention on six sites around Durban.
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The department of environmental affairs - working with eThekwini Metro, Coca-Cola, Durban Green Corridor, DEA’s Working on Fire and academic institutions - embarked on a two-day clean up after massive amounts of litter washed on to the shores following the Easter weekend floods."These activities form part of the Presidential Good Green Deeds Campaign which is aimed at galvanizing communities to take part in the protection of the environment, cleaning-up and greening of their neighbourhoods.
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