Driving force |
Pressure |
State |
Impact |
Response |
| Informal
settlements |
- Overcrowding
- Inadequate service delivery
- Poverty
- Unmanaged waste
|
- Illegal dumping, littering and runoff in the southern part of Jhb near Palm Springs west
of Orange Farm.
- Illegal dumping in settlements
around Ennerdale and Lenasia.
- Illegal dumping and litter in Freedom Park, Bushkoppies area southeast of Soweto,
Central and northern parts of Soweto .
- Scrapyards to West of Soweto near Doornkop
- West of Roodepoort in the Davidsonville area inadequate refuse removal, littering and
sewage problems.
- Unmanaged waste and overflowing sewage systems in Alexandra
- Inadequate refuse removal services, sewers and services create land pollution in the
north in vacantly of Zevenfontein and Diepsloot settlements
|
- Blocked sewerage systems
- Illegal dumping
- Littering
- Burning of refuse creating air pollution
- Increase in pest and related diseases.
- Increase in diarrhoea and skin diseases.
|
A reduction in population growth,
better service provision throughout Greater Jhb, especially in the poor areas, and
a higher level of environmental awareness is needed. |
| CBD |
- Overcrowding
- Poverty
- Informal businesses
- Overloading of infrastructure
- Inadequate infrastructure
- Informal traders
|
- Informal settlements in CBD create litter, illegal
dumping, waste water.
|
- Illegal dumping
- Littering
- Burst and overflowing sewer pipes,
|
- A reduction in population growth, better service provision throughout Greater Jhb,
especially in the poor areas, the enforcement of health by-laws and a higher level of
environmental awareness is needed.
|
| Waste disposal sites |
|
- Landfill sites Kya-sands (north of Randburg), Linbro Park (north Alexandra), Robinson
Deep (between Roodepoort and Soweto), Marie Louise (south of Jhb CBD), Goudkoppies
(southeast of Soweto and Ennerdale (west of Ennerdale).
- State of landfill sites unknown.
|
- Leachate
- Waste and litter
- Illegal dumping
|
- The whole of Greater Jhb, especially the landfill sites need to adopt a sustainable
approach to waste management, which includes waste reduction, prevention and minimisation,
separation and recycling of waste, and appropriate disposal of litter, in order to
minimise land pollution and improve the quality of the urban environment.
|
| Mining activities |
- Un-grassed mine dumps and exposed tailings
- Slimes dams
- Excavations
|
dams, excavations and exposed slimes dams south of and near to the CBD, and
the mining belt from the south of Denver, southeast of JHB through the south of
Roodepoort.
west, Doornkop, Durban Roodepoort Deep and in the northern areas around Main Reef Road.
from east to west in the central part of Greater Jhb. |
|
- The mining zone needs to be rehabilitated, by covering all dumps and slimes dams with
indigenous grasses and reeds.
|
| Urbanisation |
- Informal settlements
- Urban decay
- Informal industries
|
- Illegal dumping in the southern parts of GJ.
- Litter throughout GJ
|
- Overflown of sewerage
- Litter
- Illegal dumping
|
- Service provision
- Improved waste management services
|
