In Progress
The Burning Breeze of Bisasar
Interview with Sajida Khan
- Category: Women in Action 2009-2
- Author: Rehana Dada, Kathleen Millar
- Year: 2009
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This interview first appeared in the journal Agenda ( No.73, 2007).
Four years before her death, Durban activist Sajida Khan shared her thoughts on the Bisasar Road dump site that her community has been campaigning for its closure. Sajida died of cancer in 2007. To this day, the Bisasar Road dump site continue emitting highly toxic greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and contaminating water resources. While the municipality imagines huge profits from carbon credits, the community languishes with the poisonous air.