Waste management

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Rubbish piles up in growing Mfuleni settlements

More families moved onto land during Covid

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News | 6 February 2024

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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

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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

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Unprotected strike leaves foul stench, piles of refuse across Mamelodi

Waste collection teams are being escorted by metro police in some areas amid violent threats by strikers

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Brief | 31 August 2023

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Streets in Durban township are covered in sewage

Ward councillor blames frequent sewerage blockages on residents throwing rubbish into the drains

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Brief | 28 August 2023

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Dunoon women spend their public holiday cleaning up other people’s rubbish

Garbage has been piling up in Dunoon for more than a month

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Brief | 14 August 2023

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Khayelitsha volunteers roll up sleeves to clean up uncollected rubbish

Residents say the contractor stopped cleaning over two months ago because of a dispute with the City

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News | 1 August 2023

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A month’s worth of garbage piles up on Dunoon streets

City waste removal contract ended on 30 June, with no waste collected since

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News | 31 July 2023

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Waste collection companies abandon contracts following shooting and threats

Fears for workers’ safety has caused two companies to stop collecting rubbish in the Philippi area

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News | 14 June 2023

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City of Cape Town to launch new unit to protect workers in Philippi

Reward offered for information leading to arrests of anyone targeting City staff

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News | 17 May 2023

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Surviving from a Pretoria rubbish dump

“It’s painful the way we live but we’re glad to be closer to the landfill” explains waste picker

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News | 21 June 2022