The Democratic Alliance is piling the pressure on the Dawid Kruiper municipality to urgently stop a sewage spill from further contaminating the Orange River. Sewage has been spilling in the industrial area in Upington for four years. The spill has grown so extensively that it is now visibly and audibly gushing out of blocked manholes. It has created a river that runs from behind Dr Nelson Mandela drive, past CTM, behind Midas to the train bridge that flows under Schröder Street, into Steenbok Street and then onto the premises of Africa River Lodge and into the river.
The areas along the Orange River in the Northern Cape municipalities of Dawid Kruiper and Kai !Garib have seen four floods in 15 months. Now, farms and lodges are preparing for another disaster as water levels rise towards a 10-year high.