A car passes under the bridge at the Connaught Bridge Interchange, in an industrial area near the polluted uMngeni River. What was once a small recycling plant has become a dumping ground.
Photo: Des Erasmus
So volatile had the collection of waste become since late February that the police and community groups had to escort contractors, late at night, to collect refuse or attend to electricity and other faults
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