DURBAN - With the festive season looming and people getting ready to let down their hair, tourists will begin flocking to the country's coastal cities.
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But are authorities ready to host large numbers of tourists and has the issue of the high levels of E-coli in the beaches been resolved?
Environmental activist, Pete Graham, and Buffalo City Infrastructure Services MMC, Yomelela Tyali discussed this with eNCA.
Meanwhile, the City of Cape Town councillor, Paul Jacobson, says the city's beaches still have high levels of E-Coli.
He alleged that people are falling after swimming at the beaches.
In East London ringing sea levels and coastal decay have threatened beaches.