Four kids die on dump, NMB municipality blames residents
The children died after apparently eating toxic food from a dumpsite less than 100m from their shacks.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has blamed residents for illegal dumping after the death on Sunday of four children, apparently after eating toxic food from a nearby dumpsite.
Residents of NU30 in Motherwell had blamed the municipality for the dumpsite after the death at the weekend of Asive and Alizwa Rhwayibana and Alunamda and Zintle Mqawu. The dumpsite is about 100 metres from the children’s shacks.
In response, municipal spokesperson Mthubanzi Mniki told GroundUp the municipality always cleaned dumpsites in all areas of the municipality. He blamed residents for illegal dumping. “We always clean all the dumpsites. The problem is residents continue to dump even in places where there is the provision of skip bins. People throw their waste outside the bins even when they are not full. We urge them to dump in those bins to curb health hazard cases.”
But there are no skips in NU30 and no rubbish collection services. Residents say the dumpsite has never been cleared.
However, on Tuesday municipal trucks cleared all the dumpsites in NU30.
The mother of Asive and Alizwa, Nomthandazo Rhwayibana, said she feared that dumping would continue even after the clearing of the site because no skip or refuse bags had been provided.
Meanwhile, a resident of Motherwell NU10, pointed out that the dumpsite opposite the local clinic had not yet been cleared.
Police spokesperson Captain Andre Beetge said autopsies on the dead children’s bodies had been done on Wednesday. “Toxicology tests were done and samples sent to Cape Town. Cause of death will be then determined by the doctor.”
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Source: The Citizen
