Here is a much more informative article: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-12-15-outrage-o... - regardless of the cause of the problem, dumping chemicals including heavy metals and arsenic into busy tourist swimming areas is not the answer.

Unfortunately due to the recent floods a lot of the spill has already been washed into the rivers and ocean.

1.) looters set fire to the warehouse during the south Africa civil unrest last year which caused the spill. 2.)The article did not mention when was the municipal authorities judged the toxicity. because the quote from company mentions about a report from a recent date. 3.) the headline gives a picture of somehow toxic waste from India is being dumped into south African sea. 4.) "Indian" public listed company (worded as Agency) is irrelevant to the story because if you set fire to any chemical warehouse, you can expect something bad.

Stop the propaganda to blame the developing nations for all the evil in the world, while they just starting to get the benefits of the modern world.

The key part of the article :

"Looters set fire to a UPL warehouse containing the pesticides during a wave of looting and arson in July last year. That caused a chemical spill which shut down beaches, released severe air pollution and killed marine wildlife. Sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, hydrogen chloride and hydrogen cyanide were among the chemicals released into the dam"

tl;dr 1. UPL's warehouse was set on fire which caused a chemical spill.

2. This presumably ended up contained in a dam

3. Company sought disposal by various methods (including) to sewer and or sea outfall via the municipal sewer system

4. Other alternative was to send this to landfill (which both the authorities and the company agreed was nonsensical)