Over 50% of South Africa's municipalities face criminal charges for failing to address raw sewage spills into freshwater resources, according to Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina. An expert warns that the crisis in metros and large cities is serious, with long-term consequences underestimated. The situation is impacting social, economic, and ecological aspects, preventing recreational use of freshwater systems. While criminal charges have been initiated against municipalities, the expert doubts their effectiveness without greater financial and departmental support.
Against the background of Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina having announced that more than 50% of the country’s municipalities faced criminal charges for failing to address raw sewage spillage s into fresh water resources, a leading expert has warned that the crisis in metros and large cities was serious, with its long-term consequences underestimated.MP Cathlene Labuschagne, Majodina disclosed that 50.
Referring to criminal charges against the municipalities, Winter said: “I am not sure what the minister’s intention is in laying criminal charges. “I am working with one municipality where hundreds of makeshift homes in an informal settlement daily discharge their wastewater into the stormwater system that enters a nearby river.“There are legacies that got the town into the state in which it now finds itself.
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