Pikitup’s Midrand depot is running two days behind schedule after employees refused to work demanding the construction of a new depot. Management and the disgruntled employees were able to resolve the impasse on Wednesday (25 May 2022) where after the employees returned to work on the same date. A temporary structure to accommodate the employees [...]

Pikitup the waste management company of the City of Johannesburg has re-opened the Goudkoppies landfill site. The site was re-opened today (04 March 2022) for business after it had been closed following the fatal shootings that occurred at the site on 11 January this year. During the shooting incident one Pikitup employee was killed and [...]

Meaningful progress is being made in stabilizing and securing the Goudkoppies landfill site and cleaning up of the adjacent Lapland informal settlement. On Friday, April 1st, MMC for Environment, Infrastructure and Services Department Cllr Michael Sun led an oversight visit of the area. This after the site was closed in January after contracted and internal [...]

Pikitup, the Waste Management Company of the City of Johannesburg notifies residents of Lenasia that from the 1st of July 2022, it will no longer collect green waste in the area.This community notice follows announcements to this effect that were made last year, notifying residents about the impending non-collection of green waste in all areas [...]

The MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services, Cllr Michael Sun commemorated World Recycling Day in Ivory Park, Midrand on Friday, 18 March 2022.MMC Sun’s day started by sorting plastic and paper from other household refuse at his own home, which he and his family do every day. The MMC was joined by local Ward Councillor, [...]

Dear CoJ Employee,At the 21st Annual General Meeting of the City’s Municipal Entities, I, as the shareholder, on behalf of the Multi-Party Government (MPG) yesterday completed the task of reconstituting the boards of its thirteen entities, in line with defined corporate governance principles, marking a significant milestone for our programme of building a well-run Johannesburg, [...]

Dear ResidentsPikitup is battling to reduce the huge amounts of waste at its Ballyclaire Garden Site situated in Bryanston and as a result, has resolved to reduce the operating hours from 8am to 3pm instead of the usual 8am to 5.30pm. This is done to allow Pikitup Operations to clear the waste overflow at the [...]

Dear CoJ Employee,                                                  13 Jan. 22 I have received the tragic news of a fatal shooting at the Goudkoppies landfill site belonging to the City of Johannesburg’s waste management entity, Pikitup. While I have been assured that members of the SAPS are attending to the matter, preliminary information indicates that the shooting took place around [...]