Choking the Vaal: Water lettuce crisis threaten the river's aquatic life

A massive stretch of the Vaal River is covered in a blanket of water lettuce. This invasive alien species is threatening the rivers aquatic life, damaging the river’s ecosystem and making activities such as boating and fishing in the area nearly impossible. Eyewitness News delves deeper into the issue.

[@christinemeyer7163]

why did they allow it to get so far???? Didn't they take note what happened in Hartbeespoort????

[@tiankeyser]

Always want to act when its almost too late.

[@ArmandGroenewald]

Rant Water has actioned exactly what? Are we stuck at discussing it?

[@Gwiza898]

Lettuce are not problem but it solution to clean dirt water.just control it bloom,

[@starkmad5351]

And to think that there is technology in South Africa that can use sewage waste to generate electricity

[@tanyabooysen3958]

Here comes the next crises,it has been predicted.

[@seokamela]

Its south africa im not surprised.

[@stephenshelton4267]

Oddly enough these plants can actually help purify water by extracting nutrients, but when the plants die and rot they release the chemicals back into the water. I bet these plants could be a great natural fertilizer for farm land if exttacted and left to rot in fields.

[@Papito_ZA]

We Africans have failed to maintain anything ! Now lekhooa lena cant even be honest and say "ke molato wa motho e motsho -mebušo ya bathobaso" ....Kom Kom say it my Baas "dit is die swart loop regerings skuld"

[@sideshow22]

Not we Africans but some corrupt, useless Africans, who hide behind bogus Pan-Africanist ideology to loot

[@SheCanSmile]

this is bad and sad

[@NathanZar]

ANC is responsible.

[@peetschabort1080]

There is machinery available to fight this BUT it is to cost MONEY.

[@a-foursa2982]

Damn

[@debbiesteyn3801]

This is amazing pig food for free! A never ending supply

[@reasonshabangu3542]

Chance for job opportunities