{"id":94055,"date":"2025-12-10T18:54:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ethekwini-beaches-reopen-after-pump-station-repairs"},"modified":"2025-12-10T19:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:05:18","slug":"ethekwini-beaches-reopen-after-pump-station-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ethekwini-beaches-reopen-after-pump-station-repairs","title":{"rendered":"eThekwini Beaches Reopen After Pump Station Repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The eThekwini Metro Municipality has announced that the two beaches, which were temporarily closed on Tuesday, have now reopened and are operating normally.<\/p>\n<p>Bronze Beach and uMhlanga Main Beach were closed due to a failure of a pump at the Ohlange Wastewater Pump Station. A video widely circulated showed that rags lodged inside the pump led to its breakdown.<\/p>\n<p>Municipal Manager, Musa Mbhele, confirmed that all 23 beaches are now open for the public.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are now happy that our bathers can come and use our beaches; they are safe to do so,&#8221; Mbhele stated. &#8220;If we continue to identify anything untoward, we will continue to do these closures just as a precautionary closure, but all our beaches are still in a good state. We are just being extra careful just for our visitors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. The eThekwini Metro Municipality has announced that the two beaches, which were temporarily closed on Tuesday, have now reopened and are operating normally. 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