Buffelsdraai waste pickers to enrol in recycling programme
eThekwini Municipality has begun the process of profiling and selecting waste pickers from Buffelsdraai, north of Durban, to be part of a community recycling programme.
The city says it has so far identified 40 people.
The municipality has teamed up with the private sector to address the challenge of illegal dumping.
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Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda met with residents to give them feedback on the issues they had raised after the closure of the landfill site last month.
A shooting by security guards left one waste picker dead and 17 others wounded.
Kaunda says the programme, which will create more job opportunities for locals, will run over six months.
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"Those with qualifications will be enrolled on the municipality’s work readiness programme and receive monthly stipends. We have also profiled young people who dropped out of tertiary institutions, and they will be assisted to secure financial aid to further their studies."
