About 980 fines totalling R1,25m in the last quarter of 2023, were issued by the City of Cape Town’s By-law enforcement unit.
Fines were issued between October to December 2023, for various offences including littering, illegal dumping and business failure to comply with the requirement to develop integrated waste management plans.
The City’s Alderman Grant Twigg, Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management, said operations were conducted at strategic locations in Mitchells Plain, the CBD, Elsies River, Westlake Taxi Rank and Bellville
“I commend this unit for their dedication over the previous year. Their devotion is reflected in the increasing number of fines being issued for littering, dumping and other waste management violations. I am hopeful that all those who were fined will now think twice before disposing of waste illegally again,” said Twigg.