Another municipality has been held criminally liable for water pollution in Mpumalanga.
The Nkomazi Local Municipality in Mpumalanga has been found guilty of contravening an Environmental Act. The Municipality was taken to court by the Komatipoort Despondent Residents Association for failing to fix spilling sewer systems.
A sewage treatment plant overflowing and raw sewage spilling onto the streets and into this vegetable garden. One of the local business people, Ashley Coetzee, welcomes the court’s judgment. She says the spilling sewage is a health hazard.
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