Viral dumping videos prompt action in Tshwane as city leaders clean hazardous sites and pledge improved service delivery across townships.
Illegal dumping woes hit Tshwane townships, prompting city leaders to clean up and commit to fixing long-standing service delivery issues.
Illegal dumping sites across Tshwane townships are in the spotlight after a video that was shared on social media showed garbage spreading meters down the road. In the initial video taken in Mabopane and shared widely on TikTok, Councillor Mmina-Tau Marishane captures the rubbish dumped on a large part of the side of the road in Winterveldt, including everything from garden rubbish, plastics, food packaging, papers, waste, and rubble.Marishane said residents should get services despite it being the festive season.
CoT spokesperson Selby Bokaba said Councillor Mmina-Tau Marishane of Ward 16 joined Deputy Mayor Eugene Modise and MMC for Environmental and Agriculture Management Obakeng Ramabodu to clear an illegal dumping site, which created a health hazard, behind Mamelodi East police station.
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