Did you know the City of Cape Town's appointed contractor blanket sprays toxic herbicides on roads infrastructure in the iconic Cape Peninsula twice annually? The purpose of this video is to convince our local authority to STOP this unsustainable practice until such time as an ecologically sound alternative is decided upon.
[To Join us/show us support - send us an email: poisonfreepeninsula@proton.me]
00.00 - Introduction and Simons Town Spraying incident
04:45 - What is being sprayed
09:53 - City of Cape Town spray schedule and road infrastructure spray regime and resident concerns
11:27 - Our observations - weeds growing in roads infrastructure
15:19 - Water run-off entering waterways and importance of protecting what is left of Cape Peninsula biodiversity
16:42 - Our observations after City's contractor sprayed concoction of toxic herbicides
19:05 - Noordhoek no-spray pilot initial findings
21:02 - Importance of preventative road maintenance & the attempt to substitute this with spraying herbicides to control weeds
22:27 - Where to from here?
23:41 - Proposed City Winning Weed Wacking Strategy
24:51 - Request for basic information from City of Cape Town before spraying again and call for moratorium on Cape Peninsula blanket spraying of roads infrastructure.
26:02 Contact info
