City of Joburg MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services Department (EISD) Cllr Mpho Moerane has requested City Power to investigate the cause of the burst transformer that resulted in a fire that engulfed the Panorama Compost site in Roodepoort.The Johannesburg Emergency Services has been able to contain the fire, which broke out just before midnight [...]

25 March 2020 The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Geoffrey Makhubo, today, 25 March 2020, convened an urgent Mayoral Committee meeting as a response to the pronouncements of President Cyril Ramaphosa pertaining to the escalation of the government’s response to COVID-19. As announced by the President, the nation will be on lockdown [...]

Pikitup, the City of Johannesburg’s waste management company has resolved to suspend the weekly #KleenaJoburg campaign due to the prevalence of the Coronavirus. This is in response to a pronouncement by the President of South Africa that gatherings of more than 100 people be avoided. The modus operandi of the #KleenaJoburg campaign involves gathering a [...]

A City of Johannesburg Media Advisory Mayor Mashaba and MMC De Jager to Launch R80 million Upgrades to Pikitup’s Central Camp Depot 26 August 2019 Release: Immediate The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Councillor Herman Mashaba and the MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services Department, Councillor Nico De Jager invite members of the [...]

A City of Johannesburg Press Statement by the MMC for Environment Infrastructure Services, Cllr Nico de Jager MMC de Jager advocates responsible waste management to school children 7 August 2019 Release: immediate The City of Johannesburg’s MMC for Environment Infrastructure Services Department, Cllr Nico De Jager, today addressed a group of over 800 school children [...]

A City of Johannesburg Media Advisory MMC de Jager to visit schoolchildren to advocate for environmental preservation 6 August 2019 Release: Immediate Tomorrow, Wednesday, 7 August 2019, the MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services, Cllr Nico de Jager will address school children at the Betrams Primary School in Johannesburg about the importance of preserving and [...]

A City of Johannesburg Press Statement by the MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services, Cllr Nico de Jager Pikitup clears waste strewn in City’s streets following violent protest 3 August 2019 Release: immediate Pikitup, the waste management entity of the City of Johannesburg, managed to double its work force and equipment to clean and remove [...]