Dear News Editor/Journalist Pikitup, the City of Johannesburg’s waste management entity, would like to advise Joburg residents and business owners that refuse will be collected on all public holidays except on Christmas Day, Wednesday 25 December 2019. Residents whose scheduled waste collection day falls on Christmas Day are advised to keep their refuse bins inside [...]

It’s out with the old and in with the new for Pikitup Southdate Depot, after the Member of Mayoral Committee for Environment and Infrastructure Services, Councillor Nico de Jager, and Pikitup officials re-opened the depot following R24 million refurbishment and renovations. The renovations of changing rooms, toilets, offices, the erection of new fence and new [...]

Government Gazette Staatskoerant REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA REPUBLIEK VAN SUID AFRIKA Vol. 648 7 June Junie 2019 No. 42514 9 7 7 1 6 8 2 5 8 4 0 0 3 ISSN 1682-5843 42514 LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MUNICIPAL FINANCE MANAGEMENT ACT, 2003 MUNICIPAL COST CONTAINMENT REGULATIONS, 2019 The Minister of Finance has, acting with the [...]

30 May 2019 Release: immediate Pikitup has resumed waste collection services in Yeoville, Bellevue and Bellevue East following the recent service disruptions in these areas. The services were disrupted when the residents in the areas prevented Pikitup from discharging its responsibilities of collecting waste, rendering street cleaning services and clearing illegal dumping spots. Pikitup will [...]

Due to ongoing violent protests east of the inner city, Pikitup is currently unable to render services in Yoeville, Bellevue and Bellevue East. Unfortunately, refuse collection, street cleaning and the clearing of illegally dumping has not been rendered in these areas and the disruption of waste collection services has resulted in large quantities of waste [...]

On Saturday 18th May 2019, the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Herman Mashaba, will take action with Joburg South community members for A Re Sebestseng clean-up campaign. Mayor Mashaba’s consistent plea is for communities to take responsibility of their surroundings and ensure that the highest standards of environmental health are upheld. The [...]

7 May 2019 Release: immediate Pikitup, the City of Johannesburg’s waste management entity, recently managed to facilitate the arrest of two suspects who were charged with theft after stealing four skip bins. Following the arrest of a second suspect ten more skip bins were discovered in his yard. The 14 skip bins that have been [...]

The City of Johannesburg’s waste management entity, Pikitup, has successfully cleared all waste removal backlogs in Alexandra, North of Johannesburg, after this service could not be rendered during the recent service delivery protests in the area. Pikitup services could not be rendered fully in Alexandra from 3 April 2019 to the 5 April 2019 due [...]