Residents in Extension 18 are fuming as trash has been left scattered across the fields near Verdoorn Street.

Complaints began on Thursday after a memorial service was held in the area, and heaps of garbage left in its wake.

Many angered locals contacted the Middelburg Observer to express their justified frustrations.

A journalist visited the location earlier this morning to find the trash untouched, with the Steve Tshwete Local Municipality yet to respond to the scene.

The area has become a de facto vagrants’ paradise, with many seen scouring through the rubbish.