Cape Town residents were left distressed on Monday when a terrible smell erupted from a ship in the harbour. The Al Kuwaita, a Kuwaiti-flagged livestock vessel, was transporting 19,000 live cattle from Brazil to Iraq. The unpleasant odour led authorities to inquire about the cause, which was quickly traced back to the livestock ship.
Zahid Badroodien, the mayor’s water and sanitation chief, verified on social media platform X that the ship was responsible for the “sewage smell blanketing parts...