Two years ago, #TheDevi Show exposed how illegal dumping syndicates had turned a closed landfill in Kya Sands, Johannesburg into a toxic wasteland — where truck drivers paid cash to off-load waste.
The City of Johannesburg promised to rehabilitate the site where fires burned daily.
Devi returns to Kya Sands and discovers the dumping hasn’t stopped - it’s simply moved down the road.
Residents say underground fires are still burning, sending toxic smoke into homes, schools and neighbourhoods, kilometres away.
This week, the City finally speaks. With a R150 million rehabilitation project underway — and the pollution still spreading — the question remains:
Has anything really changed?