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Khayelitsha residents dump garbage in protest at overflowing sewage
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Cape Town - Site C residents emptied their garbage bins at the Cityâs offices in Makhaya, Khayelitsha, in protest over uncollected garbage on Tuesday.
The residents said that garbage thrown into a sewage canal had caused blockages and consequently flooding to their homes in Shukushukuma, a nearby informal settlement.
Resident Xolani Gwili said that last week after numerous consultations with the Subcouncil 9 manager and ward councillor the residents barricaded the roads in desperation over the stink and overflowing sewage.
âThe sewage canal was blocked due to illegal dumping after a contractor tendered by the City stopped collecting garbage and resulted in people using the canal as a dumping site. In October last year we went to the municipality and asked them to clean the canal before the rainy season, but to no avail.