{"id":716932,"date":"2026-07-29T08:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/716932\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T08:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:23:11","slug":"buffalo-citys-dead-zone-sahrc-exposes-extreme-pollution-in-eastern-cape-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/716932\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo City\u2019s \u2018dead zone\u2019: SAHRC exposes extreme pollution in Eastern Cape waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/inline.jpg\" alt=\"Buffalo City\u2019s West Bank Wastewater Treatment Facility recorded E. coli about 6 000 times above safe limits.\" height=\"810\" width=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Buffalo City\u2019s West Bank Wastewater Treatment Facility recorded E. coli about 6 000 times above safe limits.\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                        Buffalo City Tourism \/ Facebook\n                    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buffalo City\u2019s West Bank Wastewater Treatment Facility recorded E. coli about 6 000 times above safe limits. Buffalo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[237305,1397,237306,237304,237307,90,186537,56,54,55,1426],"class_list":["post-716932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-buffalo-city-metro","tag-environment","tag-kouga-local-municipality","tag-nelson-mandela-bay","tag-sahrc","tag-science","tag-service-delivery","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}