Ona Nomveliso Xolo, LRC attorney, showing GrocottвЂ™s Mail one of the illegal dumpsites, in Ezihangweni ext 6. The LRC has developed a monitoring table for the Ezihangweni Street Committee and other residents near the seven sites to keep a record of the date and time the municipality comes to clean the sites. On Thursday, 30 September, Ona Nomvelelo Xolo, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) attorney representing the applicants, drove GrocottвЂ™s Mail to different dumpsites in Ezihangweni (meaning вЂPigstyвЂ™) and around Mary Waters High School. Dumpsites to the east and west of TEM Mrwetyana High School.Dumpsites across the road from Mary Waters High school.Vacant lot opposite Erf 6034, Extension 6.Vacant lot next to Erf 674, Sani Road, Extension 6.Dumpsite next to DD Siwisa Primary School.Dumpsite next to JehovaвЂ™s witness church, Ezihangweni, Extension 6.The seven identified illegal dumpsites are: They were also ordered to collaborate with the affected communities and applicants to identify all illegal dumpsites in the townships within 30 days and clear them within 120 days. The court ordered the Makana municipality to remove the waste from the seven identified illegal dumpsites within 14 days of the court order and move it to the official municipal waste sites. It declared unconstitutional the Makana MunicipalityвЂ™s failure to manage illegal dumpsites and protectВ the communityвЂ™s right to a healthy environment. On 9 September, the High Court ruled in favour of the Ezihangweni Street Committee and Mary Waters High School. Just two of the dumpsites have been cleared so far.

The Makana Municipality has breached a court order by the Makana High Court demanding that they clear seven illegal dumpsites by Wednesday, 29 September.

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