The newspaper's investigation on Tuesday also disclosed evidence of illegal discharges of a resinous waste into council sewers in Durban's Seaview area.
The Mercury reported that sewage was still gushing into the river on Tuesday morning despite the fact that city manager Mike Sutcliffe said on December 28 he would "leave no stone unturned" to get to the bottom of a massive fish kill in Durban harbour over the Christmas holidays.
Staff at a nearby factory told reporters that the overflow into the Umhlatuzana River started in April last year when eThekwini council contract workers cut a hole in the pipe with oxy-acetylene torches to relieve pressure from a blocked sewage pipe near the corner of Umhlatuzana and Harden Roads in Seaview.
Neil Macleod, head of the eThekwini Water and Waste Department, said he had asked staff for a full report on the matter, but he disputed that the pipe had been leaking for nine months. He told the newspaper the problem could have arisen more recently.
Nevertheless, correspondence shown to the Mercury suggests that the municipal manager's office had been made aware of the blockage -รข€“ and the possibility of an illegal stormwater to sewer pipe connection -- eight months ago.
Macleod on Tuesday night confirmed to the paper that contractors had been employed to fix the problem between March and August last year and that sewage had flowed into the Umhlatuzana River for at least five months as there was nowhere else to divert the flow while the blockage was cleared.
However, he disputed that sewage had been flowing into the river for nine months.
In a statement released on January 9, Sutcliffe said an early warning system would be developed to prevent fish kills at the Durban harbour. - Sapa
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South Africa is the Murder Capital of the World.
MURDERS per DAY South Africa 60 to 149
According to South African Police Services: Murders 60 per DAY.
According to Department of Home Affairs: Murders 83 per DAY.
According to Medical Research Council: Murders 89 per DAY
According to Interpol claims: Murders 149 per DAY.
NOT A SINGLE ONE ON SABC TV.
The reason for this under-reporting of MURDER and CRIME in South Africa could be the desire by the ANC Government to change the growing reputation of South Africa as the “crime capital of the world”, this title is one any government would desperately want to lose as it would cause any potential investor to take his money elsewhere.
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According to South African Police Services 21,683 per year
According to South African Police Services 60 per DAY in South Africa
Police new computerised Geographic Information System (GIS), which, as of June 2001, had been implemented at 340 priority police stations covering 80% of the country.
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According to Department of Home Affairs, 30,068 per year
According to Department of Home Affairs, 83 per day.
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According to Medical Research Council 32,482
According to Medical Research Council 89 murders
MRC statistics, there are 89 murders committed on average every day in South Africa.
Non-natural” deaths from 37 mortuaries in six provinces (note that South Africa now has nine provinces).
MRC's revelation of serious under-registration and misclassification in the government's death statistics was gleaned from various sources.
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According to Interpol claims 54,298 per year.
According to Interpol claims 149 per day.
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South Africa is the CRIME , MURDER Capital of the World.
MURDERS per DAY South Africa 60 to 149
Appropriate actions should be taken to stop this leaking. Otherwise, whole durban river will get polluted and it will be very hard to clean it.
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