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Joburg’s dirtiest river may lose its only champion

Environmental organisation KlipSA faces closure

Neglected water infrastructure along the upper reaches of the Klip River photographed in November 2024. Archive photo: Johannes Khoele

KlipSA, an NPO devoted to cleaner rivers and a healthier urban environment, has warned that it may close after 17 years.
KlipSA says Johannesburg’s failing water and wastewater infrastructure is driving further deterioration of the heavily polluted Klip River.
The organisation’s closure could halt projects including a planned wetland on the Robinson Canal and water-stewardship projects for schoolchildren.

If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? This philosophical cliché seemed to hover over the meeting on 18 August of the Klipriviersberg Sustainability Association (KlipSA) as its chairperson, Andrew Barker, announced that the organisation may have to close…

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