{"id":59346,"date":"2018-08-02T12:01:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T10:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/raw-sewage-flows-past-st-helena-primary-20180802\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:41:13","slug":"raw-sewage-flows-past-st-helena-primary-20180802","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/raw-sewage-flows-past-st-helena-primary-20180802\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw sewage flows past St Helena Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"c74231ad\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7749\/d9a6d6c679be45969017baf7af6a43dc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9b5505ec13d946d8958ef22bc886ee5a.jpg\" title=\" Raw sewage has been gushing from a pipe outside of 20 Unicor Road (insert) in St Helena, Welkom, for almost two weeks now. This raw sewage flows down the road in two solid streams of toilet paper and other waste, past the entrance and exit gates of the St Helena Primary School. The water flows for almost 2?km to the end of Unicor Road and beyond. This sewage problem has repeatedly been reported to the Matjhabeng Municipality. On Monday (30\/07) Vista sent an email to the municipal manager, the director of infrastructure, the city engineer and other relevant parties, with no reaction received. On Tuesday morning (31\/07) Vista took videos and photographs (see Vista Newspaper on Facebook). The sewage was still gushing out of the pipeline. The situation holds danger and the risk of a health hazard for the surrounding community. This is reportedly an old problem which keeps resurfacing.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Raw sewage has been gushing from a pipe outside of 20 Unicor Road (insert) in St Helena, Welkom, for almost two weeks now. This raw sewage flows down the road in two solid streams of toilet paper and other waste, past the entrance and exit gates of the St Helena Primary School. The water flows for almost 2?km to the end of Unicor Road and beyond. This sewage problem has repeatedly been reported to the Matjhabeng Municipality. On Monday (30\/07) Vista sent an email to the municipal manager, the director of infrastructure, the city engineer and other relevant parties, with no reaction received. On Tuesday morning (31\/07) Vista took videos and photographs (see Vista Newspaper on Facebook). The sewage was still gushing out of the pipeline. The situation holds danger and the risk of a health hazard for the surrounding community. This is reportedly an old problem which keeps resurfacing.<\/div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sewage St Helena Primary School\" data-imageid=\"a338b129-ff0c-4ab8-8763-ee190c9daf32\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7749\/d9a6d6c679be45969017baf7af6a43dc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9b5505ec13d946d8958ef22bc886ee5a.jpg\" style=\"max-width:620px;\"><\/figure><div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Raw sewage has been gushing from a pipe outside of\" data-imageid=\"f8fe175e-2c4d-4431-9429-7330def03673\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7749\/6f72ffe2ea184889a7e2ff1b089290d3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/e883bccbbf574fc9a48f453a6be8af63.jpg\" style=\"max-width:620px;\"><\/figure><div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9b5505ec13d946d8958ef22bc886ee5a.jpg\" alt=\"Sewage St Helena Primary School\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"e27ad3ea\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7749\/d9a6d6c679be45969017baf7af6a43dc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9b5505ec13d946d8958ef22bc886ee5a.jpg\" title=\" Raw sewage has been gushing from a pipe outside of 20 Unicor Road (insert) in St Helena, Welkom, for almost two weeks now. This raw sewage flows down the road in two solid streams of toilet paper and other waste, past the entrance and exit gates of the St Helena Primary School. The water flows for almost 2?km to the end of Unicor Road and beyond. This sewage problem has repeatedly been reported to the Matjhabeng Municipality. On Monday (30\/07) Vista sent an email to the municipal manager, the director of infrastructure, the city engineer and other relevant parties, with no reaction received. On Tuesday morning (31\/07) Vista took videos and photographs (see Vista Newspaper on Facebook). The sewage was still gushing out of the pipeline. The situation holds danger and the risk of a health hazard for the surrounding community. This is reportedly an old problem which keeps resurfacing.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Raw sewage has been gushing from a pipe outside of 20 Unicor Road (insert) in St Helena, Welkom, for almost two weeks now. This raw sewage flows down the road in two solid streams of toilet paper and other waste, past the entrance and exit gates of the St Helena Primary School. The water flows for almost 2?km to the end of Unicor Road and beyond. This sewage problem has repeatedly been reported to the Matjhabeng Municipality. On Monday (30\/07) Vista sent an email to the municipal manager, the director of infrastructure, the city engineer and other relevant parties, with no reaction received. On Tuesday morning (31\/07) Vista took videos and photographs (see Vista Newspaper on Facebook). The sewage was still gushing out of the pipeline. The situation holds danger and the risk of a health hazard for the surrounding community. This is reportedly an old problem which keeps resurfacing.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Raw sewage has been gushing from a pipe outside of 20 Unicor Road (insert) in St Helena, Welkom, for almost two weeks now. This raw sewage flows down the road in two solid streams of toilet paper and other waste, past the entrance and exit gates of the St Helena Primary School. The water flows for almost 2?km to the end of Unicor Road and beyond. This sewage problem has repeatedly been reported to the Matjhabeng Municipality. On Monday (30\/07) Vista sent an email to the municipal manager, the director of infrastructure, the city engineer and other relevant parties, with no reaction received. On Tuesday morning (31\/07) Vista took videos and photographs (see Vista Newspaper on Facebook). The sewage was still gushing out of the pipeline. The situation holds danger and the risk of a health hazard for the surrounding community. This is reportedly an old problem which keeps resurfacing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raw sewage has been gushing from a pipe outside of 20 Unicor Road (insert) in St Helena, Welkom, for almost two weeks now. This raw sewage flows down the road in two solid streams of toilet paper and other waste, past the entrance and exit gates of the St Helena Primary School. The water flows for almost 2?km to the end of Unicor Road and beyond. This sewage problem has repeatedly been reported to the Matjhabeng Municipality. On Monday (30\/07) Vista sent an email to the municipal manager, the director of infrastructure, the city engineer and other relevant parties, with no reaction received. On Tuesday morning (31\/07) Vista took videos and photographs (see Vista Newspaper on Facebook). The sewage was still gushing out of the pipeline. The situation holds danger and the risk of a health hazard for the surrounding community. 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