The chairperson of a body corporate in Croydon is mobilising a group to take the City of Ekurhuleni to court regarding the non-removal of waste in skips at complexes in Kempton Park.
Bunny Croucamp said in the past two years they have experienced a complete collapse of the solid waste removal department in Kempton Park.
“Last year was particularly bad as our complex had the skips removed 27 times out of a planned 48 times for the entire year. On February 9, our solid waste was removed for the first time this year.”
He said his body corporate would be forced to make use of private contractors, at additional expense, to collect skips while the metro continues to bill them for a service they were not providing adequately.
“To illustrate this in monetary terms: there are eight complexes in our area who paid R36 905.12 for no service in January. We do not see this situation improving at all in the foreseeable future,” said Croucamp.
“The national policy on rubbish collection states that rubbish collection must be done over a seven-day cycle. This clearly is not happening. I am aware that the DA has taken this issue to parliament and the councillors of Kempton Park have also taken the issue to council through various petitions, but with no success. Mike Waters eventually resorted to opening a criminal case against the metro, but all of this came to naught.
“I have now started collecting details of body corporates, home or property owner associations, retirement homes, companies and any other organisations that are also affected to discuss a way forward in a legal manner.
“The only remedy I see is for us to take Ekurhuleni metro to court to seek relief to allow us the right to use private contractors and not to make use of the sporadic metro service, and, of course, we don’t want the metro to benefit financially as they have failed us in performing their duty.
“I would like to call upon all these organisations and other affected bodies in Kempton Park to contact me. I will arrange a meeting with a presentation by an advocate to offer us guidance in terms of solutions or alternatives,” said Croucamp.
He can be contacted at refuseremoval@outlook.com
