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
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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
Despite national plans to reuse waste and reduce SA’s carbon emissions, too much rubbish is still going into landfills and money is being lost
Informal waste reclaimers say that separation at source deprives them of their hard-won livelihood
Cosatu has declared that it will challenge any attempts by Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba to privatise Pikitup.
Ester Mteshane says the fact workers are willing to lose pay and risk dismissal in an unprotected strike underlines the seriousness of their issues.
Workers at waste management company Pikitup were not on strike but holding a meeting and singing outside the company’s head office, says their union.
