Toxic fumes from an unofficial dumping site that is set alight daily near a key link road in Durban have become an environmental and health risk for local residents. | kaveels
Small children often play at the unsightly location, situated a stone's throw away from Durban Solid Waste's offices, and the fires that are lit there affect passing motorists and nearby residents at the bottom of the Kennedy Road informal settlement.
Experts and activists from non-profit environmental justice service and developmental organisation, groundWork, say once the toxic fumes are released into the air, they can reach any part of Durban, depending on the direction of the wind.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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