Actionsa Slams Da For Requesting Court Hearing Postponement On Sewer Crisis

ActionSA has expressed disapproval of the Democratic Alliance's DA recent request to reschedule their joint court hearing from the initially agreed dates of October 3 and 4, to the week of December 2 to 6, 2024.

In 2022, ActionSA filed papers in the Durban High Court to compel Co-operative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu the KwaZulu-Natal government eThekwini Municipality and others to fix the sewage crisis affecting Durban beaches.

ActionSA revealed how the metro started polluting rivers even before the April 2022 floods. IOL reported that the court papers revealed how several sewer pump stations were not repaired for months, leaving sewers to pollute rivers and the beaches.

In 2023, after ActionSA had initially filed its application at the Pietermaritzburg High Court, DA joined the process, but the Durban High Court sent back their application.

The DA was subsequently instructed by the Durban High Court judge to involve ActionSA in the case given that both parties had submitted applications for the same goal.