The DA has slammed the Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) for allowing raw sewage to pollute the Great Fish River. “The unabated criminal flow of raw sewage into the Great Fish River is playing havoc with the livelihoods of farmers,…
In a follow up to an issue Talk of the Town reported on two weeks ago, we went to look at the Port Alfred Duck Pond adjacent to the Anchorage Mall on Sunday, which had been littered with filth for an undetermined period, including used…
Recently, Talk of the Town staff member Adele Steck took photos of the litter polluting the Duck Pond in Port Alfred, showing an assortment of plastic and even tyres discarded in the water closest to the parking lot next to the Anchorage…
LOOKING AFTER THE RIVER: Volunteers on the river cruise barges Integrity and Cunny Kla Nie carried out a Kowie River clean-up last Thursday afternoon, focusing on a section of the river just past the last houses at Centenary Park. They…
A festival about whale migration also became an opportunity to make people aware of the hazards of plastic pollution in the oceans, when Lloyd Edwards of c joined forces with Ronelle Friend of Enviro Quest. The pair gave a special…
Raw untreated sewage is flowing directly into the Great Fish River near Cradock, placing the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people at risk, according to the DA. “This is an environmental and economic catastrophe that poses a…
Nearly all Eskom power plants persistently exceed air pollution limits stipulated in their licences. This is according to a new report by US coal plant expert Dr Ranajit Sahu‚ who found that‚ over a 21-month period until December 2017‚…
The Port Alfred Lions Club joined forces with the Port Alfred Ski-boat Club and other members of the public to conduct what has become a quarterly river clean-up of the Kowie River. They set out in three barges on Saturday and working…
The South African Human Rights Commission is to hold a formal inquiry into the spillage of toxic effluent into the Vaal River. An ecological disaster has unfolded as raw sewage and industrial pollutants flow into parts of the river.…
