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African Reclaimers Organisation members stand in front of the trucks they use to collect waste from communities and industrial sites.

Reclaimers bemoan loss of livelihoods

About 140 waste pickers, who had spent years recovering recyclables from a landfill site, say they were given just a day’s notice that it would close

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
Some Randburg suburbs have gone more than two weeks without refuse collection. (X Yamkeleka Manjeya @manjeya_wendy)

Refuse collection uneven in Randburg as Pikitup and workers trade blame

Some Randburg suburbs have gone more than two weeks without refuse collection as Pikitup and striking casual workers trade blame over service disruptions at the Randburg depot

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
Toxic smoke: The illegal dumping site from Cedar Creek forces residents to breathe an acrid haze from nightly burning. Photo: Supplied

‘We can’t breathe’: Joburg communities choke as illegal dumping sparks toxic air crisis

Every night, the skyline turns grey as illegal waste fires sweep through mountains of discarded household waste, building debris, electronic, medical waste and toxic materials

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Recycle rather than expand or build more landfills.

Ubuntu can help achieve the dream of zero landfill

Our waste-management sites are filling up fast, with serious health and environmental consequences

5 min read
The City of Johannesburg granted the R196 million tender to repair Lilian Ngoyi Street after last July’s deadly explosion to a company on trial for defrauding municipal entity City Power of nearly R94 million. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Joburg gave R200m tender to firm facing fraud charges of R94m

The city confirmed that repairs to Lilian Ngoyi Street, formerly Bree, will now be completed in May 2025 instead of December this year

  • Khaya Koko
7 min read
Trouble brewing: Loyiso Masuku, the ANC’s Johannesburg deputy regional secretary; the party’s regional chairperson Dada Morero and Sasabona Manganye, its regional secretary in the city. Photo: Papi Morake/Gallo Images

ANC ‘lies’ exposed in R1.3 billion corruption cover-up

Evidence suggests that the ANC in Joburg knew about leaders’ ‘capture’ of the city’s entities

  • Khaya Koko
6 min read
Rubbish jobs: A strike by waste management company Pikitup’s temporary workers, who wanted their jobs to be made permanent, disrupted services in parts of Johannesburg. Photo: Gallo Images

ANC leaders accused of corruption and ‘capture’ of Joburg entities

While residents battle water cuts and filthy streets, Pikitup and Joburg Water leaders face multibillion-rand nepotism claims

  • Khaya Koko
11 min read
South Africa’s landfill sites are in a terrible state and if drastic measures are not taken, the country will soon drown in its own waste. (Andy Mkosi)

Johannesburg’s landfills have less than three years of capacity left

Some are expected to reach capacity earlier because solid waste like garden debris and industrial rubble are taking up space

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
The waste management company’s services are not operational in 10 of the 12 depots around Johannesburg because of protest action

Trade union accuses ActionSA of inciting striking Pikitup workers

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  • Umamah Bakharia
1 min read