We are super happy that our TV production team, ATV, have managed to secure the best coverage ever, with 30 dedicated hours of Dusi coverage on Supersport! This is the most coverage for any canoeing event ever! Click on Read More to view the TV broadcast scedule.

The weather co-operated, the river quality monitoring intensity was stepped up and the two main municipalities  (Msunduzi and eThekwini) pulled out the stops to get their sewer systems in order.  The result was possibly the best water quality we have had a on a Dusi in the last 10 years.

Below is the schematic from Steve Terry of Umgeni Water showing the water quality that was measured on the actual race days (21, 22 and 23 January).  Blue is Steve’s colour code for “Excellent quality for canoeing” -  what a beautiful picture this makes!

The senior managers from the Msunduzi Municipality’s sewer maintenance section attended the pre-race “Officials and Helpers” dinner at the Natal Canoe Club on the evening of Tuesday 19th January, and were publicly singled out by Dusi Chairman Cameron McKenzie for the additional effort they had put in to make this possible.  Thokozani Maseko, head of Water and Sanitation and Acting Deputy Municipal Manager said to me, “I wish every day was Dusi Day.  Now that we have got the river like this, we need to keep it like this”.  And we can all say “Amen” to that.  We are by no means out of the woods yet, but there is hope.

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