Volunteers help clear 190 tons of plastic choking KZN river

NGO averts environmental disaster in Durban as plastic avalanche is cleared

30 January 2022 - 00:00

Had ‪190,000kg of plastic pollution in the Umhlanga River reached the ocean, it would have spelt another environmental disaster for Durban, say environmentalists...

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