The fire department is continuing with efforts to extinguish the fire at the sludge ponds of Homevale Treatment Plant. Smoke is still smouldering but all efforts are being made to flood the ponds with water and alternatively we might have ...
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An independent witness, testifying at an inquest investigating the deaths of five Sol Plaatje municipal workers in 2012, says safety was not the municipality’s main priority. Emmanuel Khanyile testified that the Sol Plaatje Municipality in Kimberley, never considered the ...
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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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Homevale residents, near Kimberley are upset over sewage flowing from a blocked pipeline near a water treatment plant. The strong stench from the plant has soured their festive season celebrations.
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Birdlife South Afrika has launched a petition calling on the Sol Plaatje Municipality and the Northern Cape provincial government to urgently address the issues which are threatening the now dried-up Kamfers dam and its world-famous flamingos. NOTE: The petition URL ...
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Spokesman for Sol Plaatje Municipality, Sello Matsie, added that no permission or authorisation was granted to use the treated effluent from the Homevale Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW). “An agreement with servitude farmers is pending. It is our understanding that ...
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