Joburg to enforce strict access control at facilities following deadly landfill shooting
Johannesburg MMC for Environment Infrastructure Service Michael Sun has urged police and metro police to conduct random searches at the city’s facilities.
The city plans to intensify security measures at its waste-management sites after two people were shot at the Robinson Deep landfill.
It's understood two waste reclaimers were shot dead in an alleged turf war between rival waste picking groups on Thursday.
Sun says there is already a quite strict access control and policy in place in accessing the facilities by waste reclaimers.
"The informal waste economy is a unique opportunity for economic development, but this must be done orderly and peacefully. As a result of this latest incident, we will now have to request the assistance of the police, to conduct random searches for weapons and other contrabands on persons when entering our facilities, to ensure that all reclaimers operating on site adhere to the rules and regulations of the site.”
Police are also investigating the matter.
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