'It is unacceptable': judge rebukes municipality over landfill fiasco

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The Msunduzi municipality has been found to be in breach of a myriad of environmental laws.

In terms of its licence, it must “manage waste in such a manner that it does not endanger health or the environment, or cause a nuisance through noise, odour or visual impacts”.In 2015, officials from the provincial government did an on-site audit.

The municipality was issued with a warning letter and, during the two years after, there was some improvement.There were several on-site meetings and inspections in an attempt to ensure compliance. After a series of fires, the provincial government issued a compliance notice in May 2019.Again, there was no implementation and “significant fires” broke out during the month of August.There were more fires, more meetings, more on-site inspections and more compliance notices.

The judge said the municipality had no real defence to the application, apart from it was doing its best and had huge budgetary and procurement challenges.

 

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