Giving even more credence to my plea for the metro to only employ people committed to service excellence (See: Notes You Won’t See in Respect to Employment Practise) is this short note from Steff Schenk:
Tons of raw sewage has been pumping into the Baakens Valley since at least Saturday, probably before that too!
See the images below of the pumpstation in Hawthorne and Gazania Avenue, in Sunridge Park.
This situation was reported to various people, including Metro call centre, ward councillor and others. At the time of writing (21 June at 6:40 am) no feedback had been received and no activity taken to rectify the problem…

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Alan Straton
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Explains the amount of foam/ froth floating on the river under the Burt Road(3rd ave) dip.
Sorry!! make that Glen Hurd Drive bridge
Dont you mean “Turd: drive.