City of Cape Town denies it’s facing an ocean ‘sewage calamity’
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Gregg Oelofse, a coastal and environmental manager with the City of Cape Town, speaking on a panel at Daily Maverick’s The Gathering 2026 in Cape Town on Friday, 11 September, denied that the metro municipality was facing a “sewage calamity” in the…
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What happened
Gregg Oelofse, a coastal and environmental manager with the City of Cape Town, speaking on a panel at Daily Maverick’s The Gathering 2026 in Cape Town on Friday, 11 September, denied that the metro municipality was facing a “sewage calamity” in the…
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Common ground
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Perspective signals
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Follow-up questions
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