eThekwini beaches urgently closed following E-coli detection
eThekwini Municipality has warned that it's closed some of the city's central and north beaches with immediate effect, after the presence of E-coli was detected.
In a statement, the city says beaches affected are central and north of the Umngeni River all the way to Salt Rock.
City spokesperson, Msawakhe Mayisela says tests were conducted after officials saw murky waters in some beaches and results showed a positive presence of the bacteria.
Mayisela says this follows signs of beyond normal E-coli levels in the water.
"Our teams are on the ground working very hard to attend to the malfunctioning of a our pump station that is constantly vandalised", he said.
"To a certain extent is is the reason for this situation. So we are appealing to the public to bare with us", Mayisela said.
"Meanwhile beaches that remain open open include Pipeline Beach, Amanzimtoti Main Beach, Warner Beach, Winkelspruit Beach, Reunion Beach and Umgababa Beach", he said.
