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A view of a Durban beach.
The eThekwini Municipality says three of the four beaches which were closed due to pollution have now reopened.
Battery Beach, eThekwini Beach and Country Club beach are once again open to the public.
The City says it is still awaiting test results to determine whether Laguna Beach can safely reopen.
The beaches were closed on Friday as a precautionary measure.
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The metro’s director of Parks and Recreation, Simphiwe Ndlovu, says the closure was linked to debris from the uMngeni River.
“Just to indicate that those four were linked to the Umgeni River catchment system, which was the main cause of why we had to take the precautionary measures to close those four beaches. But we are very happy because we’ve got only one Laguna beach. We are busy testing as we speak, we are busy testing and looking at other factors that may be still affecting the Laguna one,” adds Ndlovu.
Meanwhile beachgoers on Durban’s North Beach have been enjoying another hot, sunny day on the beach.
A man from Mpumalanga, who’s on holiday with his family, says he’s happy that the beaches are open so that they can cool down in the ocean, “It’s nice, it’s safe at least. The lifeguards are here. I’m hoping that everything stays like this. I saw people and I was like okay, at least they haven’t closed so I’m happy that they didn’t close it because it would be sad actually.”
ETHEKWINI NEWSFLASH
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
20 DECEMBER 2025
ETHEKWINI REOPENS THREE BATHING BEACHES FOLLOWING FURTHER TESTS
EThekwini Municipality has reopened three of its four beaches that were closed, following the detection of pollution.
The beaches that have been…
— eThekwini Municipality (@eThekwiniM) December 20, 2025
