Elections 2026: ANC is bleeding seats in this failing Northern Cape municipality
GroundUp | 15.01.2026 10:45
A recycling centre in the Northern Cape town of Douglas caught alight during scorching midday heat on Wednesday 5 November. A dense, thick black plume of smoke rose into the sky as tons of baled plastic, paper, and cardboard burned, along with buildings and a car. Amidst the choking smoke, staff, as well as children from the nearby informal settlement used buckets filled from a standpipe to try to quell the blaze.
