EnviroServ managers charged over foul smell at Shongweni landfill site
The senior managers appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on charges of contravening environmental air quality legislation
Four senior managers of embattled waste management firm EnviroServ have been criminally charged in their personal capacity over the foul odour emanating from the Shongweni landfill site.CE Dean Thompson‚ coastal operations manager Clive Kidd and group technical director Esme Gaumbalt appeared briefly in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Treatment and disposal specialist Dr Johan Schoonraad‚ also listed on the charge sheet‚ was ill and could not attend.As the trio sat in the dock‚ Shongweni residents who have long decried the foul smell coming from the dump‚ sat side by side with staff from EnviroServ‚ who arrived at court to stage a counter protest.The four senior managers‚ as well as the company itself‚ face charges of contravening environmental air quality legislation. EnviroServ had previously been barred from accepting waste at their Shongweni landfill site by the High Court in Durban.State prosecutor Yuri Gangai said seven lever-arch files of evidence was handed over t...
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