Waste management

Waste collection services resume in parts of Philippi

Service was suspended for two weeks after four guards escorting workers were shot and injured

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Brief | 5 December 2024

Broken promises and neglect: the struggle for clean tap water in rural KZN

“Sometimes we fight over water”

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News | 1 November 2024

Packaging companies flout rules on waste picker payments

Waste pickers collect, sort and transport most of our recyclable waste, and regulations say they be must paid for their services

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News | 25 October 2024

Strand residents worried about ‘out of hand’ illegal dumping

City says it currently manages about 2.1-million tonnes of waste annually across the metro

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News | 25 September 2024

Hundreds of waste pickers march in Joburg demanding compensation

They also oppose the City’s plans to burn waste in incinerators, saying it threatens the livelihoods of thousands of waste collectors

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Brief | 7 August 2024

Waste pickers create their own recycling centre

Talks to integrate informal waste reclaimers with the City of Johannesburg’s waste management have gone nowhere for three years

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News | 12 March 2024

Rubbish piles up in growing Mfuleni settlements

More families moved onto land during Covid

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News | 6 February 2024

Pietermaritzburg township plagued by raw sewage spills

Msunduzi Municipality blames ageing infrastructure, improper waste disposal, and illegal connections

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News | 17 January 2024

Rubbish is building up in the streets of this Cape Town township

August Plaatjies is conducting a one-man battle against garbage

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Brief | 15 January 2024