Four children died after eating toxic food, site still not cleared one year on
More than a year after four children died after eating toxic food from a Port Elizabeth dumpsite, the site has still not been cleared.
More than a year after four children died after eating toxic food from a Port Elizabeth dumpsite, the site has still not been cleared.
Asive Rhwayibana,11, Alizwa Rhwayibana, five, Alunamda Mqawu, three, and Zintle Mqawu,10, died on 5 January, 2020. The dumpsite is about 100 metres from their shack homes in NU30, Motherwell. Residents blamed the municipality for the deaths accusing it of failing to provide a secure dumpsite in the area. They also said the municipality should build playing grounds for children to use. The municipality in turn blamed residents for illegal dumping.
More than a year after four children died after eating toxic food from a Port Elizabeth dumpsite, the site has still not been cleared.
Asive Rhwayibana, 11, Alizwa Rhwayibana, 5, Alunamda Mqawu, 3, and Zintle Mqawu, 10, died on 5 January 2020. The dumpsite is about 100 metres from their shack homes in NU30, Motherwell. Residents blamed the municipality for the deaths accusing it of failing to provide a secure dumpsite in the area. They also said the municipality should build playing grounds for children to use. The municipality, in turn, blamed residents for illegal dumping.
A few days later, municipal trucks cleared all the dumpsites in NU30.