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Municipality finally cleans up 'rubbish' pastor

By Thembi Siaga, Andries van Zyl • 19 September 2025
Municipality finally cleans up 'rubbish' pastor

After six years of complaints, Makhado Municipality closed a controversial recycling plant operating illegally from a Louis Trichardt residential property. The owner, a pastor, claimed ignorance despite prior warnings, facing a substantial fine and leaving many workers jobless. Neighbors, however, expressed relief over the closure due to health and environmental concerns.

A controversial recycling plant operating from a residential property in Louis Trichardt has finally been closed by the Makhado Municipality, six years after neighbours first started complaining. The owner of the plant, a local pastor, now pleads ignorance, arguing that he had not been aware at first that what he was doing was illegal.

The recycling plant has been operating from 65 Anderson Street since 2019. The plant, Green Peace Movers Recycling, was run by Past Mbulaheni Khorombi of...

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