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WASTE LAND | How raw sewage pumped by West Rand municipality is killing rivers, farms, and business
by Sikonathi Mantshantsha
https://www.news24.com/news24/investigations/wa…

WASTE LAND | How raw sewage pumped by West Rand municipality is killing rivers, farms, and business
Infrastructure at Mogale City has collapsed. The municipality now deliberately releases thousands of litres of raw sewage into the rivers and residential areas. The sewage pollutes critical water sources such as the Vaal, Crocodile and Bloubankspruit rivers and the Hartbeespoort Dam.

Classifying Bicycle Infrastructure Using On-Bike Street-Level Images
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.19194v1

Classifying Bicycle Infrastructure Using On-Bike Street-Level Images
While cycling offers an attractive option for sustainable transportation, many potential cyclists are discouraged from taking up cycling due to the lack of suitable and safe infrastructure. Efficiently mapping cycling infrastructure across entire cities is necessary to advance our understanding of how to provide connected networks of high-quality infrastructure. Therefore we propose a system capable of classifying available cycling infrastructure from on-bike smartphone camera data. The system …