Namibia: Rundu to Introduce By-Law for Sewerage Fishing

24 September 2014

Windhoek — The Rundu Town Council is in a process of introducing a by-law that will be enforced on any resident caught fishing in the infamous Kaisosi sewage ponds as the water is contaminated and not fit for human consumption.

Over the years, the town council has battled to control its residents, especially the villagers living near sewerage ponds in Kaisosi, who often break the banks of the ponds so that the sewage water can flow out, which makes it easy for them to access and catch the contaminated fish.

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