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Dra sloffies en help Choc Die Tygerberg-hospitaal se Kindertrust, in samewerking met die Kinderkanker-stigting van Suid-Afrika (Choc), het verlede Vrydag ’n spesiale geleentheid gehou om Internasionale Kinderkankerdag te herdenk. Die dag word wêreldwyd op 15 Februarie gevier. Die dag is ook gehou om Choc se nuwe inisiatief, Flip Flop-dag 2020, te vier. Choc is ’n organisasie sonder winsbejag wat na die welstand van kinderpasiënte, pasiënte met bloedverwante siektes en hul families omsien en hulle ondersteun. Die dag behels dat mense sloffies dra en ’n plakker koop. Die geld wat ingesamel word, gaan direk aan Choc. Van die gaste by die geleentheid verlede week is (van links) Lynette:Muthuray, Lynn Booysen, dr. Anel van Zyl, dr. Charle Gobetz, prof. Mariana Kruger, Jason Falken en Nailah Humphrey. FOTO: RICHARD ROBERTS
Years to fix lagoon KAILIN DANIELS @k10daniels
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t will take up to five years for the City of Cape Town to fix the polluted Milnerton lagoon, which is currently being upgraded at a cost of R1.75 billion. Although strides have been made to deal with the pollution, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has vowed to hold the City accountable. This after residents’ associations reached out to OUTA for help in finding a solution
to the problem. OUTA wrote to the City to request a meeting to find workable solutions to fix the sewage crisis within the Diep River and Milnerton lagoon. According to Andrea Korff, legal project manager at OUTA, the City is responsible for the sewage pollution and needs to remedy it. “We tasked independent consultants to take water samples as part of our ongoing investigation. According to our sample reports dated 23 January and 3 February, wa-
ter pollution sources point to the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) and an identified structure believed to be a sewage lift station. These results identify the City as one of the main culprits of sewage contamination in the Milnerton lagoon catchment,” Korff said. According to a statement issued by OUTA, the results pointed out that the root cause of the pollution is the lack of adequate sanitation infrastructure in Joe Slovo (and other surrounding informal settlements) and the collapse of the Potsdam Wastewater Treat-
ment Works. “The Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works sample was a diluted sample taken just downstream from the discharge point and the E.coli levels in the results are far above the legal requirements. This puts the City in a position of non-compliance. Hazardous waste such as sewage is dangerous and if not handled correctly can pose severe risks to human health and the environment which is deemed a criminal offence,” added Korff. V To page 2