If the anc stops stealing money the bug would be even more effective as it eats just a certain part of plant killing it and then dies off as well.Amazing what a 3mm bug can achieve.
We have a lot of joblessness and poverty. Train and equip under-privileged people to build rafts with large mesh trays using recycled material and send them on a swimming course for free then give them rakes and pitchforks to go scoop up the hyacinth and dump it on land so it can dry out and die. The earlier this is done the better. What's the point in waiting for it to get to 50% coverage then only act when there's so much more hyacinth, that is going to need a lot more resources to remove. Its like weeds in your garden. You monitor it all the time and remove them before they turn your yard into a jungle and attract all kinds of insects and other strange life-forms.
P.S this has been happening for many many decades so its not like you can't have standard measures in place by now. The tender process and outsourcing removed all the skills from the areas who are actually responsible. They should be proactive experts.
@@mthethwatm2 Let the department give the R24 million that what said aside for this, to the people, so they can appoint someone to clean it. That's what tte tax money is for.
Stop the pollution causing hyacint growth at the source. We don't want gauteng dirty water here. Unfair to expect residents of Hbp. to solve the issue. Dept. water affairs is to blame.
Boat company owned by Deon , still takes boat rides orders and after a day they cancel and refuse to pay back our money, they like you must postpone it , we don't stay there , how are we suppose to come back for just boat ride
Residence around the dam should come together and find ways to fix it, waiting for water affairs to come on board that will never happen.
We tried, the government stopped residence to interfere with this invasive species.
The Dept of Water Affairs’ high school textbook entry: ‘The department of water affairs and sanitation is in the process of ...” Government by Slogan!
I saw an article a while ago about a bug that can be used to control the plant. What has happened to that program?
They had a plan of action........ Like eskom, saa, prassa, SABC,
That may sound like a selution but its not that easy...bringing in bugs can creat other problems in the eco system...
If the anc stops stealing money the bug would be even more effective as it eats just a certain part of plant killing it and then dies off as well.Amazing what a 3mm bug can achieve.
The project worked well but it was stopped. Do not know why.
Never going to happen. The answer to this is simple the anc must go
Wow that's bad , I think lake McIllwaine is battling it too.
"This Has Been 'GROWING' For A Very Long TIME.Selling ONE'S Property Must Be A Nightmare"
I was here three weeks back and it’s getting out of control and we could not go to certain areas because of this
They use it as chicken feed in Malawi
2years back it was nice and clean, because we use to remove it from the dam +- 5ton per day.Hire me again and see the difference we can make again.
They must ask the people in Benoni how they fixed lakeside mall
But the mall's side is not fixed Kagiso only the water sports' side is. 🤷♀️
They left the TLB they were using right there
We have a lot of joblessness and poverty. Train and equip under-privileged people to build rafts with large mesh trays using recycled material and send them on a swimming course for free then give them rakes and pitchforks to go scoop up the hyacinth and dump it on land so it can dry out and die.
The earlier this is done the better. What's the point in waiting for it to get to 50% coverage then only act when there's so much more hyacinth, that is going to need a lot more resources to remove. Its like weeds in your garden. You monitor it all the time and remove them before they turn your yard into a jungle and attract all kinds of insects and other strange life-forms.
P.S this has been happening for many many decades so its not like you can't have standard measures in place by now. The tender process and outsourcing removed all the skills from the areas who are actually responsible. They should be proactive experts.
Let the residents clean the dam
@@mthethwatm2 Let the department give the R24 million that what said aside for this, to the people, so they can appoint someone to clean it. That's what tte tax money is for.
The Madibeng Municipality has not done anything to deal with this issue!! They left it for far too long!!
They're all just chilling.
I am sure the broken upstream sewage works have something to do with this!
Everything
Everything in our country is failing due to the anc and their incompetence.
Government is "monitoring" the situation...
Government and these contractors are a disgrace once they get money the economic situation isn't their problem anymore
Again and again and again since l was a kid and lm 60 now
What ever you do don't get Eskom to clear it or else it will never be done.
SABC NEWS: please visit the Water and Sanitation Department and give us an update on this matter.
sewage is entering the dam for many years... bad operation and maintenance of pumps and sewage plants what a disgrace
Stop the pollution causing hyacint growth at the source. We don't want gauteng dirty water here. Unfair to expect residents of Hbp. to solve the issue. Dept. water affairs is to blame.
The 1 billion that department of tourism is about to invest in spurs should help fixing this problem first, welcome to democratic south Africa
Its only talk no action budget is in someone pocket if the public dont clean who will not the government
Can't we just break it?
Like everything else...
Inanda Dam in KZN is next.
Problem has been there for 30 years ... turn it into compost...
Already turning into compost but the recent scale is almost out of control.
The county has serious problem other than hyacinth growth , let the rich white see on how they solve the problems
The residents should do something hired experts don't wait for the government they're still in the battlefield with Eskom
Its stealing with the problem
Use the weed as a fertilizer. Check if it's eat able for animals . I'm sure u can
Give me R10m i will get the job done
Boat company owned by Deon , still takes boat rides orders and after a day they cancel and refuse to pay back our money, they like you must postpone it , we don't stay there , how are we suppose to come back for just boat ride
So many millionaires who own properties there and they cant fix this? Come on.
They not allowed to. Government fined them.
Ask Zimbabweans!!! They had this problem and used mother nature to solve it. Can't remember if it was a kind of fish or what.
The country hss
Fake news
Badgovernment
We know nothing is going to be done by the ANC and if they do we stil have reason to get mad because ANC have other priorities.
mosterts farther was a cop in kzn and he killed alot of black people under the guise that they were atm and heist gangsters.