Khotso Zacharia Mabaso owns the farm Le Souvenir 541 near Hennenman. His land is adjacent to the landfill site and sewage treatment plant.Photos: Supplied
The residents of Hennenman dump their refuse in the road or on Khotso Mabaso’s farm.
The owner of a farm adjacent to the Hennenman landfill site is desperate for municipal intervention.
Despite numerous communications with the mayor’s office and virtually every municipal department, he has hit a brick wall.
According to Khotso Zacharia Mabaso, his farm, Le Souvenir 541, is located next to the landfill site and sewage treatment plant.
Mabaso says the road to the landfill site is inaccessible, especially when it rains.
“Because of this situation, people just dump their refuse in the road or on my farm. Last year there was a fire on my farm, which emanated from the fires on the landfill site.”
Mabaso says the fire destroyed infrastructure on his farm, as well as entire stretches of grazing and crop fields.
- “I lodged a liability claim against the municipality, but this has not been resolved. The department responsible for the landfill site failed to hand in the report to the municipality’s insurance company.” Vista addressed an enquiry to the municipality, but is yet to receive a response.
