Madzibalori Residents Say Rubbish Poses Health Threat

FRANCISTOWN: Residents of Mazibalori, a ward in Francistown's Blue Town location are bitter about the uncollected rubbish dustbins by the Francistown City Council's sanitation department, a problem which is posing a health threat to the community.

In an interview with The Monitor, residents said the medium size dustbins usually called 'skips' have rubbish that is left to putrefy for a long period of time before being collected.

Japhet Majahi (38), a resident said,  " It's true we have got a problem around here. As you can see, this dustbin is full of litter such that some of it is overflowing and scattered all over. The painful thing is that the rubbish can be here for months without being collected. It will then start smelling so badly that it affects those of us that stay next to it. I really don't know how long it is going to take for them to collect it. "

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