The Vaal is going to pong for a good while yet

14 February 2020 - 06:06
By Paul Ash
Tourism numbers have been dealt a deadly blow by the noxious state of the Vaal River.
Image: Supplied Tourism numbers have been dealt a deadly blow by the noxious state of the Vaal River.

It will be some time and many millions of rands before the broken sewerage systems along the Vaal River have been repaired and the river runs clean once more.

While R141m has been allocated out of national coffers to get work started, a further R750m is expected from government once parliament passes the 2020/21 budget.