MK Party Says Urgent Action Needed as eThekwini Closes Four Beaches over Sewage Pollution

MK Party says urgent action needed as eThekwini closes four beaches over sewage pollution

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The eThekwini Municipality says three of the four beaches which were closed due to pollution have now reopened. Battery Beach, eThekwini Beach and Country Club beach are once again open to the public. The City says it is still awaiting test results to determine whether Laguna Beach can safely reopen. The beaches were closed on Friday as a precautionary measure. Video | Four Durban beaches expected to reopen: The metro’s director of Parks and Rec…

Durban closes four beaches as festive rush starts

Staff Reporter Durban temporarily closed four popular bathing beaches on Thursday after detecting pollution, as the city braces for peak festive-season crowds. The eThekwini Municipality said it had shut Blue Lagoon, eThekwini Beach, Country Club Beach and Battery Beach as a precautionary measure after “the detection of pollution”. It did not specify what the pollution was. A senior management team had been appointed to trace the source and impl…