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Zeekoevlei. Picture: www.zeekoevlei.co.za

Zeekoevlei

A challenge to Cape Town’s new administration: please fix the sewerage system

By Ground Up

Cape Town’s new Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has many challenges on his hands but few are more urgent than fixing Cape Town’s sewerage system, writes GroundUp.

  • Zandvlei in Cape Town's southern Peninsula area. Picture: Supplied

    Over 6k signatures for City of Cape Town to come clean on water quality

    Three vleis Zandvlei, Zeekoevlei and Rietvlei are still closed to the public because of sewage spills.

    270 days ago
  • City authorities say the low water levels and warmer temperatures have caused the fish to become too stressed, causing their death. Picture: Siyabonga Sesant/EWN.

    City of CT to continue clearing up dead fish from Zeekoevlei Lake

    More than 15,000 dead carp were removed over the weekend.

    2272 days ago
  • Dead fish have also been spotted in Keysers River, Westlake and Zandvlei areas. Picture: Siyabonga Sesant/EWN.

    CT residents warned not to eat fish that have washed up in Zeekoevlei

    An estimated 5,000 individual fish have been found dead today.

    2275 days ago
  • FILE: No recreational activity is subsequently allowed including swimming, angling and canoeing. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    High levels of E.coli in Zeekoevlei water

    Warning signs have been erected on the vlei bank at the mouth of the Big Lotus River.

    2787 days ago
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