• O&A Team
• September 14, 2022
• Features
• Adopt a River, Agence Française de Développement, AlcoNCP, Bluff Meat Supply, Durban floods April 2022, eThekwini Municipality, Isipingo River, Multiquip, Palmiet River catchment, Reefer Cold Storage, Sihlanzimvelo Stream Cleaning Programme, Transformative Riverine Management Programme, TRMP, Umgeni River, Umhlangane River catchment, Umhlatuzana River catchment
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Rivers should be maintained like infrastructure, Geoff Tooley, senior manager, Catchment Management for the eThekwini Municipality, said shortly after the April floods in Durban. Never a truer word. The only problem is that, like our potholed roads, unstable power grid and virtually non-existent public transport system, this form of ‘natural’ infrastructure has been neglected and abused to the point where …