Restore Harties' dignity before the politics

Illegal fishing, sewage and noise drown out site's promise as a sanctuary, writes CC.

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South Africa’s leaders should stop debating land expropriation and business quotas at Harties and first confront the dam’s decay.

Hyacinth plants choke the water, illegal netting camps strip fish stocks, trees are chopped down for firewood and raw sewage pollutes the dam.

This is not just an environmental crisis - it’s a collapse of enforcement.