Eastern Cape municipality given suspended fine of R1m and forced to relocate mismanaged landfill site
The Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape was fined R1-million, suspended for five years, by the Aliwal North Magistrates’ Court last month for non-compliance at the Aliwal North landfill site adjacent to an informal settlement. The municipality was also ordered to implement the compliance notice served to it by the provincial Department of [...]