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Elections 2026: This municipality is pouring sewage into the Vaal River

Streams that feed the river are being contaminated by failing wastewater treatment in Matlosana municipality

Poorly treated sewage flows directly into the Skoonspruit from Orkney Waste Water Treatment Plant. The Skoonspruit flows into the Vaal River. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee

Freshwater streams across Matlosana municipality that lead to the Vaal River are polluted with sewage.
The government has been warned for years that this is putting communities and ecosystems at risk.
WaterCAN called GroundUp’s test results from the Skoonspruit “horrifying” and wants the City to run an urgent bacteria assessment.

“I think my cattle are getting sick from this water,” said Nosi Mane, a Jouberton-based cattle herder, standing next to a sign thanking people for “not polluting the environment”.
Mane and his roughly two-dozen cattle were headed for the banks of the Skoonspruit in Matlosana, North…

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