Kya Sands burning wasteland has residents living downwind of neglect after a decade of regulatory failure
Daily Maverick | 31.12.2025 22:14
In the heart of northern Johannesburg, a quiet catastrophe has smouldered for more than 10 years. What was once the decommissioned Kya Sands Waste Disposal site has been reborn as a sprawling network of illegal dumps – run not by the City, but by organised crime syndicates known locally as the “Waste-Lords”.
