Waste Management

The core function is to:

• Ensuring that waste generated is collected, removed and disposed of.

• Place of communal skips at various strategic points in various peri-urban and emptying thereof

• Litter Picking

• Run recycling projects for environmental awareness

Emergency Services

This is Fire and Disaster Management (Rescue) and is responsible for:

• Responding to Fire Calls

• Responding to Accidents

• Responding to Chemical Spillages

• Compiling uMhlathuze Disaster Management Plan

• Conducting Awareness Campaigns at schools and community level

• Evaluate emergency exercises at various industries, hospitals, schools and municipal depots

Air Quality Management

This subsection is mainly guided by section 24 of Chapter 2 of The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa of 1996 and the National Environmental Management Air Quality Act of 2004.

This section is responsible for:

• General Air Quality Management, i.e. Air Quality Monitoring Stations

• Establishment of an Industrial Data base

• Issue of Scheduled Trade Permits

• Pest Control

• Assistance with Indigent Burials

• Ritual Slaughters

• issue of notices for the cleaning/clearing of privately owned overgrown properties

• Running of community awareness campaigns

Occupational Health Services

The City of uMhlathuze runs two Occupational Health Clinics. Responsibilities served are:

• Conducting medical surveillance to all employees (pre-employment, annual and exit medical screenings.

• Perform immunisation and job specification

• Primary health care (minor ailments and chronic disease management)

• Inspect, monitor and refill first aid boxes

• Liaise with peer educators to bring health issues to the employees.