In a follow up to an issue Talk of the Town reported on two weeks ago, we went to look at the Port Alfred Duck Pond adjacent to the Anchorage Mall on Sunday, which had been littered with filth for an undetermined period, including used…
Talk of the Town is highlighting this issue in the hope of getting municipal response. The following e-mail was sent to municipal spokesperson Cecil Mbolekwa, and copied to municipal manager Rolly Dumezweni, infrastructure director…
It is an ongoing issue, the steps from the Kowie Flats to Southwell Road are littered with plastic, paper, wasted food and other types of household rubbish and, every week, it gets worse. The steps are used by many people every day as a…
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…
There is a growing problem in the area of refuse that is apparently dumped at the side of roads. This was a photograph of rubbish bags torn open on Southwell Road, Port Alfred, on Monday morning. Household refuse litters the roadside.…
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 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…
It was not planned, but was a timely convergence of ideas, that the plastic waste collection and recycling project in Boknes was launched at the same time we asked our recent Facebook question – if readers feel enough is being done to…
There must be a sustainable soluion too the problem of houseghold refuse being strewn all over the steps leading from Stocks Avenue to Southwell Road which are, once again, in a terrible mess. This is not good from a health perspective…
We are very happy to announce that refuse collection has finally resumed from this week going forward. In the beginning of February 2019 municipal workers embarked on a go-slow demanding protective clothing and tools of trade. The go-slow…
Once again we are publishing photographs of the steps that lead from Stocks Avenue to Southwell Road (R72). It seems that residents think this area is an extension of the Port Alfred dumpsite, the number of bags (household and garden…
A resident who has taken on the responsibility of attempting to keep the Settlers Cemetery at the top of Bathurst Road (R67) clean and litter-free pointed out that residents appear to be dumping their domestic and garden refuse there.…
The stairs leading from the corner of Stocks Avenue to Southwell Road (R72) seem to be a regular dumping ground for household refuse. It is unclear where this refuse comes from or who has scattered it about but requires someone to pick it…
