Charge laid against City as poop row gets dirty
Raising a stink about sewage pumped into Cape Town ocean
ActionSA's Michelle Wasserman has criminally charged the city with pumping millions of litres more sewage a day into the sea than is allowed
19 November 2023 - 00:00
Politicians usually try to avoid a stink. Not Michelle Wasserman, who kayaked 2km out into the Atlantic to witness raw sewage spewing from a marine outfall pipe off Cape Town...
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