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City plays blame game over heaps of rubbish in Cape Town’s Marikana settlement

20th October 2021 Sandiso Phaliso 0

Marikana residents say they have had to put up with heaps of rubbish on their doorstep for months now.

Heaps of rubbish causing a stink in Durban’s informal settlements

20th August 2021 Nokulunga Majola 0

Residents of informal settlements in Durban complain of a lack of refuse collection while the city points fingers at them for illegal dumping.

Informal settlement residents in Mdantsane complain of rat infestation

1st July 2021 Mandla Mnyakama 0

Residents see no way else to get rid of their rubbish than to dump it because no truck will be coming to collect it.

Uncollected rubbish gives residents headaches

13th July 2020 Elitsha reporter 0

C Section Informal Settlement residents at Duncan Village in East London protest that uncollected mounds of stinking rubbish near their shack homes cause them an endless […]

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