Photo series showing progress made in replacing the faulty sewerage line in Port Alfred’s Van der Riet Street. FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2024 The out-of-stock ‘manhole’ structure – manufactured, cured and brought from Gqeberha – has been put in…
At the corner of Main and Van der Riet Streets, where the municipality and its contractors had been carrying out repair work on the sewerage system, a large hole has appeared that appears to be undermining the road. By observation it may…
Putt Bridge is closed until further notice For years now, complaints have been received from residents all over Port Alfred regarding unresolved sewage leaks and a pungent smell emanating from the drains. Several shops in the Kowie flats,…
The above photograph was taken on Tuesday afternoon at the corner of Main Street and Southwell Road and shows remnants of the sewage spill from last week. Although the pavement was cleaned some debris still remains and the smell emanating…
It is no secret that the sewerage system in Port Alfred, as well as in other parts of Ndlambe, is a permanent state of disrepair, and sewage leaks are commonplace. However, when raw sewage runs across the pavement at one of the town’s…
The scene in Main Street, Port Alfred on Tuesday afternoon, February 12, after a water main burst and municipal workers had to excavate a large hole and pump water into the street to stop the hole flooding as repairs were undertaken.…
