EThekwini Municipality acting mayor Nkosenhle Madlala has confirmed that the Durban beaches that were closed recently will be reopened next week.
Over ten beaches were temporarily closed due to high levels of E.coli recently but eight have been reopen.
ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY TO REOPEN DURBAN BEACHES
Speaking to Newzroom Afrika on Thursday, 5 December, Madlala said Durban has 23 beaches, and only two were closed entirely due to high levels of E. Coli, which are Reunion and Anstey’s beaches. However, by the next week, they will be operating.
“We can assure our visitors that those two will be open again by the coming weekend. We will have our fully fledged 23 beaches that will be opened,” he said.
Madlala said they were giving daily updates about the two beaches that were closed. Workers were on the ground fixing burst pipes, which affected the quality of the water.
NO BLUE FLAG STATUS
Once again this year, Durban beaches missed out on the Blue Flag status.
These seven KZN South Coast beaches walked off with Blue Flags this year:
- Marina Beach – Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
- Trafalgar Beach – Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
- Southport Beach – Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
- Umzumbe Beach – Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
- Ramsgate Beach – Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
- Hibberdene Beach – Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
- Pennington Beach – Umdoni Municipality
PILOT BEACHES
The following five beaches were also recognised and given Blue Flag Pilot Status this year:
- Rocky Bay Beach – Umdoni Municipality
- Preston Beach – Umdoni Municipality
- Umthwalume Beach – Umdoni Municipality
- Scottburgh Beach – Umdoni Municipality
- St Michael’s Beach – Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY WILL BE ABLE TO ATTRACT TOURISTS THIS DECEMBER?
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