{"id":915408,"date":"2022-01-11T18:20:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T18:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/11\/some-durban-beaches-to-remain-closed-due-to-high-e-coli-levels-despite-bacteria-levels-decreasing\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T18:20:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T18:20:24","slug":"some-durban-beaches-to-remain-closed-due-to-high-e-coli-levels-despite-bacteria-levels-decreasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/11\/some-durban-beaches-to-remain-closed-due-to-high-e-coli-levels-despite-bacteria-levels-decreasing\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Durban beaches to remain closed due to high E. coli levels, despite bacteria levels decreasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/3018a1a3-6c1d-5618-9677-6c09497a8196&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=0x0&#038;resize=3543x1993.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div><!--sse--><\/p>\n<p>Durban beaches that were closed due to high levels of E. coli remain closed despite bacteria levels decreasing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is in accordance with the results of latest tests that the city has done in all the beaches affected,\u201d said municipal spokesperson Msawakhe Mayisela.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIn the meanwhile, all affected beaches remain closed for bathing and all other sporting activities. The public is urged to use other beaches that are free of the bacteria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beaches that are open to the public are:<\/p>\n<p>Northern beaches: Umhlanga main Beach, Bronze Beach, Westbrook Beach and Umdloti Beach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RelatedArticlescss__StyledRelatedArticles-sc-10g88yu-0 ezIKFV\">\n<h2><span>MORE ON THIS<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Central beaches: Point Beach, Ushaka Beach, Addington Beach, South Beach and Wedge Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Bluff beaches: Brighton Beach and Anstey\u2019s Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Southern beaches: Reunion Park Beach, Pipeline Beach, Amanzimtoti Main Beach, Warner Beach, Winkle Beach and Umgababa Beach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWork to install a new transformer at the Johana Road sewerage pump station has commenced and is at an advanced stage. The pump is expected to start operating in full swing before the end of this week,\u201d Mayisela said.<\/p>\n<p>The city thanked the public for its co-operation and said it was doing everything in its power to ensure that all beaches were safe for the public to use soon.<\/p>\n<p>Mayisela said the closure of beaches was not intended to frustrate the public, but was a precautionary measure by the city to guard against members of the public falling ill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cMore tests are going to be carried out and eThekwini will continuously update the public in the event of new developments,\u201d Mayisela said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEThekwini Municipality again sincerely apologises to the public and the business community for the inconvenience this unfortunate situation has caused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-61597f22f34bd5a82d4fbcaabf611b23\">Daily News<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Durban beaches that were closed due to high levels of E. coli remain closed despite bacteria levels decreasing. \u201cThis is in accordance with the results of latest tests that the city has done in all the beaches affected,\u201d said municipal spokesperson Msawakhe Mayisela. \u201cIn the meanwhile, all affected beaches remain closed for bathing and all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}