"...This is a health hazard, not just to the children, but everyone in Hout Bay'

"If you are only approaching the courts and start smelling human faeces, imagine what it's like trying to practice or play a match on those courts," he said.

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"This problem is much bigger than we think and that is why the City is not fixing this properly."

He said during one of his last visits to the complex, it had rained the day before, causing a river of sewage to run across the courts.

"There was literally poo everywhere, old toilet paper and other things just scattered everywhere and the kids are running around in between this. Of course this is a health hazard, not just to the children, but everyone in Hout Bay," he said.

The basketball club's petition has been live for just over a month, but already managed to rack up nearly 1 500 signatures.

The petition called on the City to conduct a thorough investigation into the root causes of the issue, implement a comprehensive and permanent solution to rectify the sewage problem and to ensure that the facility is kept "safe, clean, and fit for use".