[DEBATE] : (Fwd) Durban - beaches threatened again

[Patrick Bond]

Stinky sludge in Durban harbour
        Tony Carnie
    August 08 2008 at 11:36AM

Veteran yachtsperson Chris Bonnet is fuming over failure to stem a thick 
stream of dark sludge which he says has been leaking into Durban harbour 
for the past five days.

Bonnet, the head of the Sunsail sailing academy, said a dark grey sludge 
had been flowing unchecked from the storm-water drain at Lavender Creek, 
close to the yacht clubs and Wilson's Wharf restaurants, for most of the 
week.

"It smells appalling and will wind up on our beaches. I have been 
sailing in this bay and other international harbours for 60 years and am 
sad to say that Durban has become one of the most disgusting harbours in 
the world," he said.


An eThekwini health pollution inspector said his department only became 
aware of the problem on Thursday but it was investigating.



          o This article was originally published on page 2 of The 
Mercury on August 08, 2008