Deputy Minister Sotyu reports back on the waste management intervention in Matjhabeng local municipality
07 February 2022
The Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Makhotso Sotyu will report back on the waste management intervention in Matjhabeng Local Municipality on Tuesday, 8 February 2022, in Free State.
The Deputy Minister’s intervention emanates from the meeting that she had with the communities and stakeholders of Matjhabeng Local Municipality in 2020 wherein they raised concerns about waste management issues especially illegal dumping and the non-compliance of the landfill sites.
Ms Sotyu committed to come back with an intervention to arrest this situation which has also affected the health of the people and contravenes their Constitutional right to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being and to have the environment protected, for the benefit of present and future generations.
It is for this reason that the Deputy Minister will host a stakeholder engagement session to report back on the progress of the waste management intervention projects namely Odendaalsrus Landfill site, Buy Back Centre, Street Cleaning and Waste Compactor Truck.
Members of the media are invited to attend the stakeholder engagement session as follows:
Date: 8 February 2022
Venue: Odendaalsrus Town Hall
Time: 09:00
For RSVPs contact:
Banele Mabena
Cell: 066 420 0144
E-mail: smabena@dffe.gov.za / or
Munyadziwa Mphaphuli
Cell: 076 108 0006
E-mail: mumphaphuli@dffe.gov.za
Media enquiries:
Peter Mbelengwa
Cell: 082 611 8197
E-mail: pmbelengwa@dffe.gov.za