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Landfill shame: Only two private Pretoria sites pass audit
As Pretoria grapples with mounting urbanisation, the failure to manage waste responsibly is not just a technical issue. It is a reflection of collapsing local governance. This is the conclusion of the researchers of a landfill audit.
In a countrywide landfill site audit released early in September, AfriForum has once again turned the spotlight on South Africa’s waste management crisis, this time with a sharp focus also on Pretoria.
Despite the capital city’s strategic importance and resources, only two landfill sites in the Tshwane metro passed the audit, both privately operated.
In stark contrast, every single site owned by the metro failed to meet the basic standards for responsible landfill management.
According to Marais de Vaal, spokesperson for AfriForum, this result confirms what has become a pattern in the organisation’s audits over recent years.
“Private landfill sites consistently outperform municipal ones, because they are more strictly monitored and face direct consequences if they fail to comply.