'Convenient' fire burns toxic waste stockpile

01 September 2019 - 00:00

By ORRIN SINGH

A leading environmental activist believes the fire last Sunday at a chemical plant in KwaZulu-Natal is part of a smoke-and-mirrors campaign over a toxic stockpile of mercury waste that should have been disposed of years ago.

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