Africa's urban waste crisis is outpacing infrastructure investment and choking neighborhoods
- JOHANNEBURG -- Two men sit on top of a hill at the end of a narrow road in Johannesburg ’s industrial suburb of Kya Sands.
- But the hill is no natural feature — it is a mountain of illegally dumped trash, piled so high it now swallows the road beyond.
- “When I started as a ward councilor in 2021, this mountain was very small.
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- JOHANNEBURG -- Two men sit on top of a hill at the end of a narrow road in Johannesburg ’s industrial suburb of Kya Sands.
- But the hill is no natural feature — it is a mountain of illegally dumped trash, piled so high it now swallows the road beyond.
- “When I started as a ward councilor in 2021, this mountain was very small.
Sources: ABC News