Reservoir leak swamping Addo park fence line a security risk

Huge amounts of fresh water going to waste while Bay municipality ‘sources additional funding’ to carry out repairs

A river of clean water pouring out of a pair of Nelson Mandela Bay reservoirs in the Addo Elephant National Park for the past four months means rangers cannot patrol regularly to ensure the fence is properly electrified.

If the integrity of the fence is compromised, animals can break through and endanger the local community, and poachers can get in...

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