Pikitup
Overview
PIKITUP is the City s official waste management service provider and as such it is responsible for keeping the city clean and preserving an attractive and hygienic environment for residents and visitors.
Pikitup services the entire 1 625km² that is Johannesburg, collecting and disposing of 1,4 million tons of domestic waste generated by the city s 3,2 million citizens every year.
It also offers commercial services to some 17 000 businesses in the city.
The utility cleans and sweeps approximately 9 000 kilometres of
streets within Joburg s seven regions. Littering alone costs Johannesburg R74-million a year while illegal dumping costs another R80-million.
The company owns 12 waste management depots strategically located throughout the city, 33 garden refuse sites, four landfill sites and one incinerator. All its landfill sites comply with permit requirements and are licensed by the national Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.
Nearly two-thirds of South Africa depends solely or partially on groundwater for domestic needs, and in a water-stressed country this source is becoming increasingly important.
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More than 900 people who were not needed were hired by the Amathole District Municipality between 2013 to 2018.
The municipality will not be able to pay salaries to its 1 670 workers for the months of February, April, May and June.
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or the past two years, the broke council has been relying on bank overdrafts to pay its R65m monthly salary bill.
The Amathole District Municipality hired more than 900 people who were not needed from 2013 to 2018, resulting in a bloated organogram and unaffordable salary bill.
Of those, 500 were hired in a single month in 2013 in what the municipality termed mass employment.
Recruitment of 900 people contributed to Amathole’s financial crisis – municipal manager News24 Wire Amathole recently announced that it would not pay salaries to 1,670 workers, including councillors and traditional leaders, due to strained financial resources.
The Amathole District Municipality hired more than 900 people who were not needed from 2013 to 2018, resulting in a bloated organogram and unaffordable salary bill.
Of those, 500 were hired in a single month in 2013 in what the municipality termed mass employment.
The mayor of the profligate municipality, Mkhanyiseli Maneli, and municipal manager, Thandekile Mnyimba, revealed this at a press conference in East London on Wednesday when they explained some of the factors that led to the municipality’s financial crisis.
The not-so-great escape
“Mr Zuma has left, I’ve been told.”
In those words, a visibly disturbed Justice Raymond Zondo informed the public that former President Jacob Zuma had simply upped and departed the State Capture Commission without permission on 19 November.
Jacob Zuma, former South African president, pauses as he arrives to testify in the state capture inquiry in Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday, July 15, 2019. (Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
While Zuma’s tea-break dash interfered with South Africa’s quest for answers, his violation of a subpoena that compelled him to appear for five days last month caused the commission to immediately open a criminal case against him.