Road leading to municipal dump in Secunda is closed
Mr André du Preez, owner of the land on which the dump is situated said members of the public must please refrain from dumping refuse on that road.
UPDATE:
SECUNDA – After deliberations with the municipality, the owner of the land on which the municipal dump is situated has agreed to give access to municipal refuse removal vehicles.
This comes after Mr Ernest Michele, the acting Municipal Manager entered into a verbal agreement with the owner that, Interwaste (the company who operates the dump and who have allegedly not been paid for three months) will be paid today.
Once Interwaste is paid, it is assumed that they will once again resume operations.
The owner of the land decided to close the road leading to the dump after receiving communication form Interwaste informing him that they were stopping operations due to non-payment.
In a preemptive move, and to avoid illegal dumping on his property, Mr Du Preez closed the road and denied residents with refuse-laden vehicles access.
“If they cannot get into the municipal dump, people dump their rubbish illegally, next to the road or in the veld. Approximately three years ago, we had a similar situation, and the land around the dump and the roads leading to the dump became impassable as a resource illegal dumping,” explained Mrs Mariaan Chamberlain, DA ward councillor for the area.
By closing the road, the land owner hopes to avoid a similar refuse-crisis.
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SECUNDA – The road leading towards the municipal dump in Secunda has been closed and municipal refuse removal vehicles have been refused access.
Mr André du Preez, owner of the land on which the dump is situated explained that he was closing the road leading to the dump and that members of the public must please refrain from dumping refuse on that road.
The acting municipal manager, Mr Michele was on the scene of the road closure but asked the media to allow him a moment of private consultation with the  land owner, and left the scene without commenting.
Interwaste, the company in charge of the operation of the municipal dumpsite have apparently not been paid for more than three months and have ceased all operations.
