Ridiculed truck hire company responds to illegal dumping

A prominent truck hire company was ridiculed by the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality after one of its fleets was caught dumping illegally.

TRUCK HIRE COMPANY DRIVER FINED FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING

The Metro named and shamed the truck by posting it on social media after notifying that it had slapped the driver with a R1500 fine.

“This truck and its employees were caught illegally dumping in Breezyvale Road at the Willowpark turn-off near the King Phalo Airport. They were traced and a R1500 fine was issued to the driver.”

Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality

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“Let us keep our City clean and fight illegal dumping,” said Buffalo City Metro after the incident.

COMPANY ADDRESSES AND TAKES STEPS

The ridiculed logistics company, VALUE, responded to the incident.
This was the company’s response:

“Good day, thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. We are investigating this incident and will take the necessary action to ensure this never happens again. We do not, under ANY circumstances, condone illegal dumping and the parties, involved will be dealt with.

Please note that this vehicle was on hire to another company when this incident took place. I have conducted an investigation and this was brought to the attention of our East London branch a week ago, we have since committed ourselves to cleaning up the refuse where the dumping took place and the 3 individuals that were involved have been terminated from the company. As mentioned, we do not under any circumstances condone this behaviour and take these matters very seriously”.

Although the response was met with appreciation, some onlookers criticised the company for terminating the contract of three individuals involved. Most believe that the implicated individuals were simply following instructions.

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This is a developing story.