The Govan Mbeki Municipality Region 3 plans to launch a cleaning campaign which is aimed at eradicating illegal dump on street corners.
Locals began dumping refuse alongside the road and on street corners since the municipality had a collection backlog.
The reason for the backlog was because waste collection trucks were burned during a violent protest in October.
The council could not collect the waste for almost a month.
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