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7 arrested in eMalahleni factory bust

Authorities found no permits or legal compliance for the toilet paper factory's operation in eMalahleni and shut it down immediately.

June 14, 2025
Zita Goldswain Less than a minute
Clr Maureen Scheepers at the discharge at the toilet factory in eMalahleni. Photo supplied.

Seven people were arrested after a factory producing toilet paper and steel wool was discovered allegedly operating illegally in eMalahleni yesterday.

According to Clr Maureen Scheeepers from Ward 20 the factory is believed to have violated municipal, labour, and environmental regulations.

Scheepers reported the matter to the municipality after residents alerted her about a thick white liquid polluting a nearby stream.

The municipality’s Environmental and Waste Management, Scientific Services, and Law Enforcement agencies pounced on the factory and discovered that there were allegedly no permits or legal compliance to operate such a facility.

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June 14, 2025
Zita Goldswain Less than a minute

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News Editor at the Witbank News Caxton stable. Witbank News has been my ‘home’ for the past 24 years. Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling the space true words said by Rebecca West. I meet challenges, get the better of them and fill space with true words.
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