- Illegal dumping is severely depleting the income for meat vendors along Nqubelani Street in Mfulei, Cape Town.
- Meat vendors along Nqubela Street in Mfuleni are grumbling demanding the City of Cape Town to collect the dirty on their operating spot.
- The City’s spokesperson Priya Reddy said the City apologises for instances of delayed refuse collection during the holiday period, which affected suburbs across Cape Town.
Illegal dumping is severely depleting the income for meat vendors along Nqubelani Street. Since the start of December, they have witnessed rubbish mounting up a few metres from their stands.
Meat vendors along Nqubela Street in Mfuleni are grumbling demanding the City of Cape Town to collect the dirty on their operating spot.
They said it is almost a month since the rubbish has not collected. One of the meat vendors Khumalo said the rubbish hurts their businesses.
“The area is filthy and stinks. The worst part is the rubbish is opposite our stalls. Customers are not coming to buy from us as they used to. Who can come and buy food in the dirty place?” asked Khumalo.
He said the last time the City collected the rubbish was early in December and since then they never come. He said most of the rubbish was dumped at night by nearby residents.
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“What puzzles me is that there are no informal settlements here only formal houses. And all of them have wheelie bins for rubbish but they dumped the rubbish here. We even fight with them when they are illegally dumping them during the day,” explained Khumalo adding that in most cases the residents are hiring amaphara to dump it.
He said all they need is for the City to clean the area for the sake of their health and businesses.
Khumalo described illegal dumping as one of the major problems in Mfuleni as a whole. He urged the community to take care of the environment.
The City’s spokesperson Priya Reddy said the City apologises for instances of delayed refuse collection during the holiday period, which affected suburbs across Cape Town.
“Various factors have played a role, including fires around the peninsula, unusual holiday traffic patterns and unplanned absenteeism.
If bins are not emptied on the scheduled day, please take the bins out each day until it has been emptied. We urge residents not to resort to illegal dumping,” said Reddy.
She said the City regrets the inconvenience and appreciates residents’ cooperation.
