Pikitup

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

Some Randburg suburbs have gone more than two weeks without refuse collection as Pikitup and striking casual workers trade blame over service disruptions at the Randburg depot

Every night, the skyline turns grey as illegal waste fires sweep through mountains of discarded household waste, building debris, electronic, medical waste and toxic materials

Our waste-management sites are filling up fast, with serious health and environmental consequences

The city confirmed that repairs to Lilian Ngoyi Street, formerly Bree, will now be completed in May 2025 instead of December this year

Evidence suggests that the ANC in Joburg knew about leaders’ ‘capture’ of the city’s entities

While residents battle water cuts and filthy streets, Pikitup and Joburg Water leaders face multibillion-rand nepotism claims

Some are expected to reach capacity earlier because solid waste like garden debris and industrial rubble are taking up space

The waste management company’s services are not operational in 10 of the 12 depots around Johannesburg because of protest action This content is restricted to registered users…

A number of the City of Johannesburg’s critical municipal entities are in overdraft

The city has reappointed a ‘grossly dishonest’ executive found by a forensic investigation to have ‘wasted’ its finances

The police operation coincided with the discovery of another four bodies near the site on Johannesburg’s Golden Highway on Wednesday morning

When Pikitup stopped replacing bins for free, it created a new business in Soweto. But the lockdown regulations are strangling it

New laws came into effect in August, but neither households nor Pikitup are compliant

The inquiry’s mandate is to investigate whether there are violations of the rights contained in the Bill of Rights as related to people in Alexandra