
10/10/2025
🗑️ Sol Plaatje’s Refuse Update: Progress or PR Spin?
If you squint at Sol Plaatje Municipality’s “Refuse Collection Update” on October 9, it almost looks like progress. Cassandra, Belgravia, Ernestville — all “successfully cleared”. Homelite, Homevalley, and Homevale Extension — “backlog addressed”. Teams “currently attending to” Riviera, Verwoerdpark, and West End.
It’s a civic symphony of verbs: addressed, attended, restored, cleared — but residents are still asking when Kimberley’s streets will really be clean.
📖 Read full story here: https://dfa.co.za/news/2025-10-10-same-bags-different-day-sol-plaatjes-clean-up-is-still-rubbish/