Garbage piling up in Cape Town townships as extortion gangs drive out City contractors

Picture and words: Sandiso Phaliso / GroundUp On almost every corner in Samora Machel, Philippi...

Rubbish is building up in the streets of this Cape Town township

Picture and words: Peter Luhanga / GroundUp Armed with a shovel, August Plaatjies has...

Khayelitsha volunteers roll up sleeves to clean up uncollected rubbish

Fed-up community members from W Section in Khayelitsha, Cape Town have rolled up their...

Khayelitsha families rally to help bury three children who died after playing on dump site

Families in Taiwan informal settlement in Khayelitsha have rallied together collecting R10 per household...

Rubbish in Delft overwhelms City of Cape Town response

Stinking rubbish is piled up on the streets, on any open ground, near churches,...

City puts R38,8 million towards illegal dumping and refuse collection delays

The City of Cape Town’s Urban Waste Management (UWM) Directorate has taken delivery of...

Landfill airspace reaches breaking point in South Africa

Recycle, recycling friendly and more recycling, over the years this is what we have...