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Swimming in the dirty Vaal River to raise awareness of its contamination
By Staff Reporter
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Johannesburg - Four open water swimmers swam two stretches of the highly-polluted Vaal River near Standerton in Mpumalanga to raise awareness of its contamination and to help seek solutions.
Andrew Chin and Craig Bishop from Cape Town, along with Mandy Uys and Joy Roach from East London bravely took on the challenge as part of the “Swim for Rivers” campaign, which highlights the deteriorating state of SA’s waterways and the urgent need to restore them.
The four set off near the Blesbokspruit confluence with the Vaal and swam downstream for around 10km to the entrance of the Grootdraai Dam. The swimmers encountered better-than-expected conditions along the river and signs of a relatively healthy ecosystem. They entered the river again on the Saturday, from a local farm, and swam almost 5km to the outskirts of Standerton, as locals had warned them about sewage flowing into the ri