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Community comes together to clean river in Pretoria

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Pretoria, South Africa, Aug 14 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Kim Ludbrook) A community has come together to help clean a heavily polluted river in South Africa, removing more than 300 tons of rubbish in nine months.The Hennops River in Gauteng is one of the worst polluted rivers in the region, choked with pollutants and plastic waste.FOOTAGE OF THE RIVER CLEAN UP.SOUNFBITES OF TARRYN JOHNSTON, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE GROUP,

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