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From Ade’s Reflections

The photographs accompanying these reflections
(pages 62-64) were taken by Ade. In his words:
“The visit to Sardinia Bay was a very beautiful one. I

saw a very beautiful beach and I can only hope that

it maintains its cleanliness and beauty for a very
long time to come. I enjoyed the visit to the

wastewater treatment plant. The sheer complexity
of what goes on in that plant and the knowledge

that just a tiny fraction of the waste in Port
Elizabeth is what goes there for management,

struck me. So many people work behind the scenes
to make sure that many of the things we take for

granted on a day-to-day basis are taken care of in a
way that does not make us uncomfortable or
become a threat to us … back home in Nigeria we

have an approach that makes people dig their own

soak-aways, and manage their own waste. And that
creates its own challenges, because … we do not

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