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African Reclaimers Organisation

Reclaimers bemoan loss of livelihoods
The Green Guardian
/ 1 February 2026

Reclaimers bemoan loss of livelihoods

About 140 waste pickers, who had spent years recovering recyclables from a landfill site, say they were given just a day’s notice that it would close

By Dianah Chiyangwa
Waste reclaimers worried about livelihoods as Johannesburg suspends operations at landfill
National
/ 7 September 2025

Waste reclaimers worried about livelihoods as Johannesburg suspends operations at landfill

Reclaimers rely on retrieving waste from dumpsites to sell. But at least three sites in the city are at or nearing capacity and must be closed

By Aarti Bhana
Waste pickers should be seen as essential workers
National
/ 19 October 2021

Waste pickers should be seen as essential workers

Come rain or sun, waste pickers push their trolleys full of recycled material. But despite providing an environmental service they are not treated as the public-service workers they are

By Musawenkosi Cabe
Waste pickers reclaim their power
Article
/ 8 April 2020

Waste pickers reclaim their power

Reclaimers have not been deemed essential workers amid the Covid-19 lockdown, threatening their already precarious livelihoods. But they will not let each other starve

By Sarah Smit

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