The Eden District Municipality in the Southern Cape is taking steps to combat a deadly bacteria, in the Kaaimans River at Wilderness, near George. The bacteria, which is transmitted from shellfish into open wounds, has already caused the death of...
Efforts to free radioactive water from Japan’s destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant has hit a glitch and may take longer than expected. Tokyo Electric Power had planned to freeze some of the 11 000 tons of toxic water pooled in trenches below two of...
A Free State professor says there is a high risk that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the Karoo could result in one of the biggest water pollution problems in the world, it was reported on Friday. “This is serious stuff. There will be...
Rachel Adatia and Pieter van Eeden couldn’t believe their eyes: the public park they had encountered was flooded with toxic acid mine drainage (AMD) and there wasn’t a warning sign in sight. “That a public park that is supposed to be there for the...
