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Mercury alarm
MERCURY levels in the sea of Toti are more than two and a half times higher than South Africa’s accepted limit for coastal waters.
So says Neil Macleod, Durban City council’s executive director for water and waste.
No source has yet been found for the high levels recorded, but it was highly likely that the source of the mercury is land-based. It is thought to be a river South of Durban.
Police blitz nets 16
A JOINT crime blitz netted 16 people for various offences and recovered a stolen car.
The blitz has been hailed as a resounding success by Toti SAP station commander, Major Johan Mouton. Officers from Toti’s SAP uniform branch, police reservists, Kingsburgh Protection Services and the NPA were involved in the joint roadblock at Karridene from 7.30pm to 1am.
Sappi and Drift school must part company
THE Drift School must be moved away from Sappi Saiccor ‘as a matter of urgency’, an independent study group has found.
Technikon Natal staff and students carried out months of tests to detect pollution levels at the school and their effect on children and staff.
The school is situated adjacent to the plant in Umkomaas.
The study was aborted, however, after a serious sulphur dioxide emission on Tuesday, 9 August, during which levels way above the acceptable limit were recorded.
Big move for Illovo Mill gets under way
ILLOVO Mill is on the move.
Good progress is being made in moving the sugar mill to Eston, said managing director of Illovo Sugar Limited, Don Macleod. The civil contractor moved onto the site on 5 September and dismantling of the existing mill started on 1 September. Over 250 people, including mill staff and contractors, are involved in the move. “The exercise is a meticulous one, as each part of the plant must be photographed prior to dismantling to ensure that it is re-installed in exactly the same way as it was,” said Macleod.
Local birdwatcher spots rare visitor feeding at Toti beach
AN unusual visitor was spotted on the beach near Inyoni Rocks.
Mrs M Adams, of Illovo Glen, reports having seen a pair of woollynecked storks on the beach on Friday, 2 September at about 3.30pm. “An interesting fact is that these birds are generally seen near rivers, pans and inland waters. None of my reference books mentions them as having been sighted on the edge of the sea,” said Mrs Adams. “They landed on the beach and then the pair walked slowly along the beach towards the Inyoni Rocks pool, picking up bits of dead fish,” she said.
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