Beaches open. Beaches closed. Repeat.
Beaches of Durban: And the advertising bucks keeps rolling in for the mainstream media.
It’s the perfect cycle of…
1. The city dumps a shit tonne of raw untreated sewage into the ocean via an estuary due to its incapacitated municipality made up of ineffective union-run staff
2. Get the excitement up with bad news reporting of the ecoli levels in the surf
3. Report that the beaches are closed
4. Wait until the sewage is washed away by the currents
5. Report that the beaches are open
6. Repeat
Every time this happens, the mainstream media simply use the ecoli situation as a cash cow. It’s a very emotional subject and gets the clicks. And therefore the advertising bucks.
Investigative journalism
Nowhere are any reasons given, or investigations into why. No solutions or recourses are ever discussed. It’s just business as usual. Complete acceptance by the mainstream media and the decision to completely ignore searching for the truth.
It is everywhere
And it’s not just the Umgeni and the once idyllic Blue Lagoon. Nope, it’s also Amanzimtoti. Port Shepstone. Margate. These are the places that we have proof of. Well documented in video and stills. This is currently our strategy. To document with as much information – each and every transgression against a river or estuary.
Watch this space for another river dead by eutrophication…the Umbilo, as it meanders through Pinetown, is drowned in raw sewage. A big thanks to John who lives nearby and has brought this to our attention. Enabling us to document and log as evidence for when the prosecutions start.
Mainstream media failure
My point is only that all these resources, as in the media, should be reporting exactly what is going on. Not just the end result for a steady stream of advertising bucks.
This is the actual story (qualified by Professor Anthony Turton) and you can read all about it right HERE. Including a brief analysis of the pathetic excuses offered by senior Durban Waste staffer and salary taker David Wilson.
Then you can also read about the tactics that Durban Waste management have used against their new boss. As soon as they realised he was onto them and their evil ways, they got him silenced with a defamation suit. Two weeks into his new job. Tasked with cleaning up the mess. He now knows exactly how subversive and slimy the people are that he is dealing with. I wish you all the best pal.
You can’t make this shit up.
Please pop on over to our YouTube Channel where you can find the many videos we have made about the current disastrous raw sewage situation in KZN. And luckily…some fun and good news aswell.
You can also click on over to Umzimkulu Adrenalin where you can get yourself out in amongst the fish and the action. We have self-catering accommodation and houseboats down here on the Umzimkulu Estuary (the last free-flowing river in KZN – read all about that here). Or simply get in touch with me Sean on WhatsApp +27 79 326 9671 anytime.
