An all-girl soccer club in Khayelitsha, Cape Town has closed because the soccer turf where they train is dilapidated due to intermittent sewage spills:
Vuyolwethu Kayi coaches the junior football team of the Resilient and Victorious United Women’s Football Club . He said the soccer field frequently floods with sewage, causing the pitch to deteriorate. The teams can’t train for matches and are struggling to get another space in the community.
He said their trouble started once work on sewage in the area started nearby. “The City promised to fix it by the end of July, but we are in September and nothing has been done,” said Kayi. Training has not resumed since the first Covid lockdown in 2020. Ward councillor Anele Gabuza stands on what was remains of the once lush green soccer pitch in Harare, Khayelitsha. The pitch, built during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is completely destroyed due to intermittent sewage spills. Picture: Mary-Anne Gontsana
Patricia van der Ross, Mayco Member for Community Service and Health, said the area acts as a stormwater retention pond. “The cause of the flooding is a result of foreign objects in stormwater pipes such as clogged sand, stones and many other objects that block the flow of stormwater.”
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