Rubbish piles up as Cape Town edges towards landfill crisis
TimesLive | 18.03.2026 09:30
Mountains of uncollected rubbish are becoming a daily reality in informal settlements across Cape Town, with residents in areas such as Dunoon, Philippi and Nkanini reporting weeks without refuse collection. This is fuelling illegal dumping and exposing the human face of a deepening waste crisis.
