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Durban company flouts environmental regulations, slapped with 7.5 mil fine Updated
Nushera Soodyal
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A Durban-based housing company s been ordered to pay a 7.5 million rand fine for flouting environmental rules.
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Prosecutors say Woodglaze Trading dumped gravel in an area in Phoenix, polluting the environment and causing parts of a wetland to erode.
The company pleaded guilty before the Durban Regional Court to two counts of contravening the National Environmental Management Act.
Land that it purchased from eThekwini Municipality in 2012 - was meant to be developed for low-cost houses for disadvantaged communities.
Controversial Durban building firm fined R7.5m for dumping rubble in wetland
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Durban - Woodglaze Trading, the company that was owned by now deceased controversial businessman Jay Singh has been fined R7.5 million in the Durban Regional Court.
This after it pleaded guilty to contravention of the National Environmental Management Waste Act, contravention of the National Water Act and two counts of contravention of the National Environmental Management Act, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Tuesday.
Woodglaze was represented by Pravashkumar Inderjeeth while the State case was led by Senior State Advocate Yuri Gangai.
According to the NPA, in 2012, Wood Glaze bought land in Phoenix from eThekwini Municipality, namely Erf 1086 and Erf 1661.