River ranger Sphelele Qhinga takes a sample at one of the sites along the Umgeni River. The samples provide information as to how polluted the river system is and what bacteria is found within it.

After the closure of several Durban beaches, river conservationists have called for a formal investigation into the contamination of the Umgeni River. Two weeks ago, various roleplayers raised the ...

The Umgeni River in Durban has sewage pollution at levels thousands of times above the maximum allowed amount. The municipality says this is because of overflows from sewers blocked by residents ...

Several hundred (more likely thousands) of fish and fingerlings have died in the Umgeni River, stained dark brown from repeated sewage pollution leaks in the aftermath of the April floods. However, ...

Beaches north of the Umgeni River up to Salt Rock remain closed as a precautionary measure after the spill that occurred when a chemical warehouse in Cornubia was torched during the recent unrest in ...

Durban - Dealing with the constant stream of waste that flows down the Umgeni River needs “a mindshift by people who need to fall in love with the world again and want a clean, fresh environment”.

If the eThekwini Municipality’s communications unit and senior city official Malcolm Canham are to be believed, the recent torrent of treacle-coloured water at the mouth of the Durban’s Umgeni River ...

Two weeks after scores of dead fish were discovered in the Isipingo Beach lagoon, south of Durban, more aquatic deaths have taken place, this time in the Umgeni River. The eThekwini municipality ...

KwaZulu-Natal police have opened an inquest docket after the body of a man was found in the Umgeni River on Wednesday. Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala said police divers from the Durban ...

Every day, failing eThekwini sewage plants pollute the Umgeni River with more than four million litres of sewage that has only been partially treated, adding to an already high pollution load. Since ...

The municipal sewage works is one of the main pollution sources The Umgeni River in Durban has sewage pollution at levels thousands of times above the maximum allowed amount. The municipality says ...