In the absence of answers from Ndlambe Municipality, private company Mphele Engineers has come forward to explain its use of municipal fire hydrants – it says it was to fight fires at the dump. A Mphele Engineers bakkie with a small tank…
The President’s Award, part of the international Duke of Edinburgh’s award, celebrated 100 years since the birth of its founder and patron, Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. With the passing of the Prince earlier this year at the age of…
After reading our front-page story in this week’s Talk of the Town (Outrage over mess left), a reader sent this picture of rubbish that has been dumped against the fence of the Royal Port Alfred Golf Course saying that this was totally…
Land invasions have proliferated in Ndlambe, including in Boknes, Trappes Valley, Bathurst and on the R67 close to the 43 Air School turnoff. The issue came up at the most recent Ndlambe council meeting last week. In Boknes individuals…
Business owners in Port Alfred have expressed concern over a growing problem of rubbish being dumped along the gravel road leading to St Francis Health Centre from Bathurst Road (R67). Talk of the Town reported this in last week’s edition…
Some business owners in Port Alfred have expressed concern over a growing problem of rubbish being dumped along the gravel road leading to St Francis Health Centre from Bathurst Road (R67). The problem was brought to Talk of the Town’s…
The Bathurst dump is an area of concern for local residents who say that the lack of signage plus the state of the road encourages people to dump their refuse along the road leading to the dump rather than travel to where refuse is…
The attached video gives a very brief explanation as to what the Bathurst Dump looks like. However, the dump actually extends from the intersection of the R67 and Kings Road, opposite the road to the Showgrounds and continues down Kings…
Private enterprise makes landfill site functional again ANYONE visiting the Port Alfred refuse dump in the last week will have noticed an almost miraculous transformation since private companies have been engaged by Ndlambe Municipality…
