Kya Sand Burning Wasteland Community Forum NPC

This is the reality for residents downwind of Kya Sand tonight. PM2.5 levels at 809 µg/m³ - beyond hazardous due to the continuous illegal burning at Kya Sand & surrounding areas. 🔥😱☠️ ⁠@CityofJoburgZA @EnvironmentZA @JoburgMPD @Action4SA @RandburgSun @News24 @Newzroom405⁠

ICYMI 🔥 “How Government Negligence Fuels An Illegal Waste Industry At The Expense Of Public Health” — a headline that reflects the reality many communities face daily. Read the full article below 👇 infrastructurenews.co.za/2026/04/14/how…

#Devi #SneekPeek #Sunday 🖥 17:30 @eNCA @DStv #403 🖥 After the @eTV 8pm movie 🥟🚚 🥟 We return to #KyaSands #Jhb where illegal dumping is on-going, turning the area into a toxic wasteland. Underground fires still burn and toxic smoke permeates the air for kilometers. With a R150m rehab project under way, the pollution is still spreading. @CityofJoburgZA finally speaks. See you later. 🔗 Binge-watch previous eps here on the @eVOD_sa app - watch.evod.co.za/details/brand_…

#Devi #SneekPeek #Sunday 🖥 17:30 @eNCA @DStv #403 🖥 After the @eTV 8pm movie 🥟🚚 🥟 We return to #KyaSands #Jhb where illegal dumping is on-going, turning the area into a toxic wasteland. Underground fires still burn and toxic smoke permeates the air for kilometers. With a R150m rehab project under way, the pollution is still spreading. @CityofJoburgZA finally speaks. See you on Sunday. 🔗 Binge-watch previous eps here on the @eVOD_sa app - watch.evod.co.za/details/brand_…

@eNCA @Devi_HQ This is what we are breathing in! ⚠️💀

Two years after #TheDeviShow exposed #KyaSands illegal dumping, fires still burn and dumping continues. #COJ started a R150m rehab project but @Devi_HQ asks - has anything changed? See you Sunday at 5:30pm on #eNCA #DStv403.

@eNCA @Devi_HQ The fires are really bad this morning, this is what the community woke up to 🔥😷☹️

@Devi_HQ @eNCA @DStv @etv The fires are particularly bad today. 🔥😷 This is what we woke up to this morning.

#Devi #SneekPeek #Sunday 🖥 17:30 @eNCA @DStv #403 🖥 After the @eTV 8pm movie 🥟🚚 🥟 We return to #KyaSands #Jhb where illegal dumping is on-going, turning the area into a toxic wasteland. Underground fires still burn and toxic smoke permeates the air for kilometers. With a R150m rehab project under way, the pollution is still spreading. @CityofJoburgZA finally speaks. See you on Sunday. 🔗 Binge-watch previous eps here on the @eVOD_sa app - watch.evod.co.za/details/brand_…

@TheeEwanBotha and @CityofJoburgZA there is burning happening in Cosmo City right now, near Tennessee. 🔥 You did mention an action team in your media brief, but no where to notify, so please see this and action! Wed 25 March 11.47 am #KyaSandBurning

@BusinessTechSA 10 years of warnings. 10 years of doing nothing. Now we have "Waste Lords" running illegal dumps in Kya Sands while @CityofJoburgZA watches. Residents are literally choking on toxic smoke from illegal burning because the system has collapsed. Time to hold leadership accountable.

Johannesburg is seeing uncollected garbage piling across the streets amid protests and labour disputes. businesstech.co.za/news/governmen…

For nearly a decade, @CityofJoburgZA knew landfill space was running out, yet action lagged. Now we’re facing a waste “Day Zero.” Kya Sands’ dumping & fires aren’t isolated - they’re the result of a system under pressure. This was predictable. What gets fixed, and how fast?

Have your say 🎤 Our community is suffering because of the consequences of a broken waste management system. Will this fix fix it?

@GPEnvironment Residents of Kya Sands and Joburg North have been breathing this for over 10 years or more. 👇 You need to dial up the pace and find working solutions please. #KyaSandBurning #WeCantBreathe

🧵 Acting HOD Mr Matthew Sathekge opened the Clean Air Fund Cities Programme of Support Engagement in Rosebank, reaffirming our shared commitment to advancing clean air across Gauteng. Clean air is a constitutional right and a public health priority. #BreatheCities #CleanAir

#ThrowbackThursday. We wish this was old news. It isn’t. They closed the site. Not the dumping. Not the burning. Not the smoke. Illegal waste didn’t disappear — it just moved. ▶️ Watch / Rewatch The Devi Show investigation: enca.com/shows/devi-ill…

@TheeEwanBotha Thank you @TheeEwanBotha 👊 Now let’s make sure it lasts. How do we move from blitzes → sustainable change? #KyaSandsBurning #IllegalDumping #WasteCrisis

NO WARNINGS. JUST ACTION. Kya Sands was locked down today as multiple agencies moved in. 24 undocumented foreign nationals apprehended, arrests made, laws enforced. ▶️ Watch the blitz unfold.. #MECEwanBotha #GPEnvironment #GrowingGautengTogether #KyaSands #EnvironmentalJustice

Thank you @TheeEwanBotha for taking action at Kya Sands👏What we need now is a permanent solution. Real question: 👉 What can community + city + business do together to stop illegal dumping for good? Let’s talk permanent fixes. What’s the long-term plan? #KyaSandBurning

🚨 Illegal dumping is a virus — and Agnes Road is the latest outbreak. When waste systems fail, dumping moves closer, grows faster and burns. This crisis isn’t coming. It’s on our pavements, in our air, and in our lungs. #KyaSandBurning #WeCantBreathe

Residents are stepping up, the Government must restore the rule of law. @CityofJoburgZA @environmentza @OfficialGDARD @JoburgMPD @EducationGP1 #KyaSandBurning #WeCantBreathe

We demand: 💡 Education: Connect the dots between dumping & illness. ♻️ Recycling: Incentivise buy-back centres to turn waste into opportunity. 🚨 Enforcement: Stop "subsidising" lawlessness with zero fines. 🚮 Access: More viable disposal sites for all.

Illegal dumping in Soweto & toxic fires in Kya Sands are symptoms of a lack of accountability. Choosing to dump is a choice to harm, but behavior doesn't change in a vacuum. We need a government that goes beyond "once-off" cleanups. 🧵 youtube.com/watch?v=TlSnhY…