"Toxic waste seeping into the Jukskei" - The crisis gripping Kya Sands : Part 2

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The Kya Sand Business Association is warning the illegal dumping crisis in the area is having a devastating knock on effect.

The landfill site in the area was decommissioned over a decade ago, but every day trucks and bakkies arrive in the community to add to the mushrooming piles of rubble and waste.

HOT1027’s Tara Penny has more...
29 Jun 2023 English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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