Grocott's Mail
    Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Tuesday, June 17
    Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Grocott's Mail
    • NEWS
      • Courts & Crime
      • Features
      • Politics
      • People
      • Health & Well-being
    • SPORT
      • News
      • Results
      • Sports Diary
      • Club Contacts
      • Columns
      • Sport Galleries
      • Sport Videos
    • OPINION
      • Election Connection
      • Makana Voices
      • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
      • Newtown… Old Eyes
      • Incisive View
      • Your Say
    • ARTSLIFE
      • Cue
        • Cue Archives
      • Makana Sharp!
      • Visual Art
      • Literature
      • Food
      • Festivals
      • Community Arts
      • Going Places
    • OUR TOWN
      • What’s on
      • Spiritual
      • Emergency & Well-being
      • Covid-19
      • Safety
      • Civic
      • Municipality
      • Weather
      • Properties
        • Grahamstown Properties
      • Your Town, Our Town
    • OUTSIDE
      • Enviro News
      • Gardening
      • Farming
      • Science
      • Conservation
      • Motoring
      • Pets/Animals
    • ECONOMIX
      • Business News
      • Entrepreneurship
      • Personal Finance
    • EDUCATION
      • Education NEWS
      • Education OUR TOWN
      • Education INFO
    • EDITORIAL
    Grocott's Mail
    You are at:Home»NEWS»Three years to turn around waste management
    NEWS

    Three years to turn around waste management

    Sue MaclennanBy Sue MaclennanFebruary 8, 2021No Comments2 Mins Read
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    Mphele Engineering has been working with recycling specialists Separation at SOurce to bring order to the municipal landfill. A tender awarded this weeks means the partnership has three years to decommission the landfill and develop a more sustainable waste trajectory for Makhanda. Photo: Sue Maclennan

    Mphele Engineers and Separation at Source (SAS), have three years to make Makhanda’s waste management practices more sustainable, decommission the Cradock Road landfill and establish a new rubbish dump. This comes with the announcement on Monday that a tender advertised in September has been awarded to Mphele.

    The engineering company has partnered with SAS – a working relationship that began in March 2020, around the time the Makana Unity League put the heat on the Mayor and Municipal Manager over the landfill. The MUL succeeded in a contempt of court case against Mayor Mzukisi Mpahlwa and Municipal Manager Moppo Mene, as a result of continuing problems at the landfill that affected residents. They received prison sentences, suspended provided Judge Jeremy Pickering’s 2015 court order, along with additional conditions was attended to.

    Makana Director of Safety and Community Services Kelello Makgoka this week confirmed the awarding of the tender and said the landfill was past its lifespan and the main task of the contractors was to decommission and close off the existing landfill, while establishing a new site and one of seven possible sites on municipal land.

    “This is part of the municipality’s spatial development planning,” Makgoka said.

    COMING NEXT WEEK IN GMDirect:
    * From hell to hope: turning a wasteland into a workplace
    * Updates on dumping and landfill court cases
    * Highlights of the National Waste Management Strategy 2020
    * Updated recycling and repurposing guide for Makhanda residents

    Previous ArticleHow much rain was that?
    Next Article Solution for JDE 266 – by George Euvrard
    Sue Maclennan
    • Twitter

    Local journalism

    Comments are closed.

    Code of Ethics and Conduct
    GROCOTT’S SUBSCRIPTION
    RMR
    Listen to RMR


    Humans of Makhanda

    Humans of Makhanda

    Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

    © 2025 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.