This section, known as Camp's Drift, has also been proposed for potential development of a sporting and office complex, including an olympic standard canoe slalom course.

This results in a fairly high incidence (64% of respondents in one survey) of health issues in canoeists using the river.

These include diarrhea (colloquially known as "Dusi guts"), as well as eye and ear infections, and septic cuts.

The poor quality of water is believed to be caused by sewers near the river overflowing during heavy rains, and illegal dumping.

Following DUCT lobbying, the Msunduzi District Municipality has commenced on a 10 million rand (SA currency) program to repair and improve the sewage system in 2016.