The Sol Plaatje Munisipaliteit has assured residents that the blocked pipe at the Homevale Waste Water Treatment Works has been cleared. Sello Matsie stated that both the Gogga Pump Station and Homevale sewage plant were yesterday operational and in good working condition. ...
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Kimberley’s Kamfers Dam, once a home to the largest permanent population of lesser flamingos in Southern Africa, has virtually dried up with not a single flamingo in sight. Sol Plaatje Municipality spokesman, Sello Matsie, yesterday admitted that several factors, including ...
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CRIMINAL charges have been laid against the Sol Plaatje Municipality by civil rights group AfriForum, who has accused the municipality of failing to address “serious pollution” caused by sewage flowing into the veld from the Gogga Pump Station in Kimberley ...
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The Sol Plaatje Municipality is facing yet another environmental disaster as blockages at the Gogga pump station have resulted in raw sewage flowing freely into the veld, pooling into a massive dam near Platfontein. DFA Aug 30 2016 ©1999-2016 Independent ...
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MILLIONS of litres of foul-smelling raw sewage are flowing into the veld near Platfontein every day as the Gogga Pump Station, which pumps around 10 megalitres of sewage a day from Galeshewe, is currently non-operational. – The DFA Sewage river ...
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The DFA reports that raw sewage is flowing in the direction of Platfontein due to the Gogga pumping being out of order. The Homevale Waste Water Treatment Works (HWWT) is receiving almost no slid waste from either Galeshewe or Roodepan ...
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