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Tag Archives: litter
Streets and stadium
The Mercury of January 14, 2009, reported that a fire had broken out at the Royal hotel the day before, resulting in the evacuation of a hundred guests and staff. The fire apparently broke out on the third floor in … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, ANC, City Manager, democracy, fire, litter, Mike Sutcliffe, mismanagement, Moses Mabhida Stadium, municipality, Rates, Street renaming, trash
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The coastal cloaca
Last Sunday, which was December 21, 2008, I had a bit of a sad experience. With a a couple of passengers, I had occasion to drive from the Morningside, Burman Bush area, over to the Botanic Gardens, and from there … Continue reading
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Tagged Beachfront, Cope, litter, mismanagement, municipality, trash
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Snippets from the week
The Mercury of Monday, November 10, 2008 reported, amongst other things, that: The city hall organ, which is unserviceable as reported here, is not going to be fixed. This according to municipal manager Michael Sutcliffe, who said that fixing the … Continue reading
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Tagged City Hall, City Manager, Crime, DSW, Durban Solid Waste, litter, Mike Sutcliffe, Moses Mabhida Stadium, trash, violence
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Blue Flag rears its head again
The Mercury of October 6, 2008, reported that Blue Flag status was awarded to four beaches in KZN excluding Durban, which unfortunately decided to back out of the scheme. The awards were made at a function held at San Lameer … Continue reading
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Tagged Beachfront, Blue Flag, litter, mismanagement, sea water quality, trash
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Snippets from the week
I had intended to use this blog on a very occasional basis to record noteworthy things happening around the city but I’m starting to feel withdrawal symptoms if I should miss a couple of days, as happened this week when … Continue reading
Another truck torched
The natal Mercury of October 9, 2008, reported that a fifth vehicle belonging to Durban Solid Waste had been set alight the previous day, Wednesday. As I’ve said before, I have some sympathy with the strikers but I cannot condone … Continue reading
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Tagged ANC, DSW, Durban Solid Waste, litter, Street renaming, trash
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Short updates
The bits and pieces of news have been piling up so I thought I’d have a clear-out. Sunday Tribune – October 5, 2008. The paper reports that there are plans to declare the beachfront area a glass-free zone and outlaw … Continue reading
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Tagged ANC, buses, DSW, Durban Solid Waste, litter, public transport, Remant Alton, trash
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What a relief!
The familiar sound of a rubbish truck compacting garbage floated into the complex yesterday. When I left to go to work, a crew was still busy loading the garbage from last week. DSW’s return to work caught us on the … Continue reading
Waste matters
The Mercury of October 2, 2008, also reported that two Durban Solid Waste trucks were set alight on the previous day in separate incidents. Those must be the trucks that were on they way to our complex because I see … Continue reading
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Uh oh, is right
I see that the mini-Matterhorn of rubbish at the gate of our complex is still there. That means that the workers from Durban Solid Waste must still be on strike. Joy!