Articles for Steve Kretzmann
Failing sewage plants continue to pollute False Bay
Most of Cape Town’s sewage treatment works are failing, including the city’s largest one which releases effluent straight into the sea
News | 16 February 2024
Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled
City to deal with the 32-million litres of raw sewage it pumps out to sea every day
News | 9 February 2024
Judge Makhubele contradicts Gauteng Judge President’s testimony
“I deny there was such a meeting,” Makhubhele tells judicial tribunal
Law | 26 January 2024
New bill to try to enforce clean drinking water
Currently the Department of Water and Sanitation cannot directly intervene when municipalities fail to supply drinking water up to standard
News | 18 January 2024
Union vows to fight “slaughter” of Post Office jobs
The Communication Workers Union says the Post Office is supposed to play a developmental role in South Africa
News | 15 January 2024
Australian company to start seismic survey off West Coast in January
Environmental report acknowledges that seismic blasts, which are much louder than gunshots, can kill fish particularly those with swim bladders
News | 7 December 2023
New housing project in Simon’s Town leaves backyarders and tenants in limbo
Shacks are being demolished as families move from Redhill to new houses in Dido Valley
News | 22 November 2023
Sewage in the sea: City fails to meet Hout Bay permit conditions
The City of Cape Town’s own data shows it is releasing more sewage than is allowed
News | 17 November 2023
How to steal a railway line and stay out of jail
Legal manoeuvres have stalled the case against former PRASA acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz and businessman Syed Mohiudeen
Feature | 8 November 2023