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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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It has been decided that the best solution would be to isolate the burning dry sludge from the bulk of dried out sewage and to extinguish it. DFA Aug 26 2016 ©1999-2016 Independent Online. All rights strictly reserved.

Work is expected to start today on attempts to extinguish the smouldering sludge, which has been burning near the Homevale Waster Water Treatment Plant more than a month.

The Sol Plaatje Municipality’s fire department is looking at various options – including flooding the area – in an attempt to douse the smouldering sludge which has been burning near the Homevale Waste Water Treatment Plant for more than a month. ...

A R366 million upgrade to the Homevale Waste Water Treatment Works (HWWTW) in Kimberley is nearing completion and will see a nearly 50 percent increase in capacity at the plant. Continue reading… R366m plant upgrade almost complete NORMA WILDENBOER STAFF ...