Residents of Randburg, Cosmo City, and the Zandspruit informal settlement in northern Johannesburg are raising alarms over the health hazards posed by uncollected waste, a result of the ongoing protest by Pikitup volunteers. The protest, which...
The City of Johannesburg will invest R80-million on upgrading waste management service provider Pikitup’s central camp depot, in Soweto. Mayor Herman Mashaba says the upgrades and renovations will “restore employee dignity and increase productivity...
The City of Johannesburg in conjunction with Pikitup has set out on a drive to register all waste pickers within the City. The drive, which has already seen 1200 waste pickers registered in Region D, aims to quantify the impact waste pickers have...
Pikitup says it’s losing the battle to keep the Johannesburg CBD clean. It says this is because of repeated illegal dumping that’s been spiraling out of control. The National Institute of Communicable Disease has also raised the red...
The City of Johannesburg has suspended senior officials who were responsible for processing a Pikitup fleet tender, pending an investigation into allegations of misconduct. The City’s leadership took this step after refuse removal services were...
The City of Johannesburg’s mandatory separation at source programme is in full swing leaving many wondering what the programme entails. As of the 1 July 2018, the City implemented the mandatory separation at source of dry recyclables and garden...
Pikitup has started to clean up areas in Johannesburg that have been heavily affected by a recent waste collection backlog. Muzi Mkhwanazi, spokesperson for Pikitup says there were unacceptable levels of waste in parts of Alexandra, Hillbrow,...
Pikitup says it is pulling out all the stops to eradicate incidents of littering and illegal dumping. In addition to its work on the City of Johannesburg’s A Re Sebetseng Campaign the waste management company is calling on residents to make use of...
Pikitup has ring-fenced more than R12 million to renovate and upgrade the City of Johannesburg’s garden sites in line with it objectives to encourage recycling and divert waste from landfill. The Independent Online on Monday reported that the...
