What a load of rubbish!
There are few things that make my blood boil more than seeing someone casually toss rubbish out of their car window. Travelling through parts of Gauteng, the Free State, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape over the past few weeks, I often thought to myself that the scenes around me were so beautiful, but for the fact that they were spoiled by trash littered all over the place. On the scenic, mountainous route between Kokstad and Lusikisiki, there were many rubbish heaps next to the road where trash had been unceremoniously dumped. The flatlands of the eastern Free State are dotted with plastic bags, beverage cans and other rubbish that had been scattered about by the wind. I drove past sheep, goats and cattle that were chewing on plastic bottles as…
