DISASTER● ELEVATEDSep 18 · Sep 18, 2026, 4:06 AM
Africa’s urban waste crisis is outpacing infrastructure investment and choking neighborhoods
mymotherlode · united states of america · sub saharan africa
JOHANNEBURG (AP) — Two men sit on top of a hill at the end of a narrow road in Johannesburg ’s industrial suburb of Kya Sands. But the hill is no natural feature — it is a mountain of illegally dumped trash, piled so high it now swallows the road beyond. “When I started as...
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