20 March 2015
The City of Cape Town has announced that it will be extending its informant reward system to clamp down on illegal dumping.
Mayoral Committee Member for
Safety and Security JP Smith said illegal dumping places an enormous burden on
the city’s resources and ability to deliver services to residents as it costs
an estimated R350 million a year to deal with this issue.
Smith said we have had some
success in tracking down those responsible for dumping as evidence by the case
a couple of weeks ago in Philippi with the medical supplies that got dumped.
“However at the moment it is
simply too difficult for us to have officers everywhere, we will need to rely
on the public to come forward with information. In this regards there are
already many good members of the public who are giving us information, but I am
also realistic and I know that there are many people who will only be motivated
by some kind of reward” Smith added.
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