For residents and visitors around Hartbeespoort Dam, the sight has become increasingly familiar: large green mats of floating plants spreading across the water, accumulating along shorelines and sometimes covering bays and sections of the dam. The two plants at the centre of the problem are water hyacinth and salvinia. Although they may look harmless
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