Pikitup, the City of Johannesburg’s waste management entity, continued to implement its waste recovery plan in four depot areas over the weekend of 7 and 8 November 2026.
The recovery plan was implemented the previous weekend following the four-day
South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) strike.
The plan showed positive results, with only four of Pikitup’s 12 depot areas operating over the weekend to address outstanding waste collection backlogs, compared to almost all depots operating over the weekend of 31 October and 1 November 2026.
The four depots that worked over the weekend were:
- Waterval
- Randburg
- Roodepoort
- Marlboro.
These depots conducted waste collection services on Saturday, 7 November 2026, in areas that had not been serviced on Thursday, 5 November 2026. The same depots also addressed missed Friday, 6 November 2026, collection rounds on Sunday, 8 November 2026.
Residents whose waste had not been collected by the above-mentioned depots and whose areas were scheduled for weekend recovery operations were urged to place their bins outside their properties for collection on the relevant day, Saturday or Sunday.
Residents were also encouraged to follow Pikitup’s social media platforms for updates on the progress of waste collection in areas serviced over the weekend.
