As Pikitup workers resume with waste management duties following the end of their five-week strike, services across various suburbs are progressing slowly.
The unprotected strike by South African Municipal Workers Union-affiliated workers came to an end on 10 April and has seen the entity’s depot-based workers resume normal duties of refuse collection, street sweeping and picking up litter.
Ward 72 councillor, Steven Kruger, explained that although the strike was officially over, services were still not operating according to the normal schedule. “There’s a backlog in refuse collection and there are still a number of areas where refuse remains uncollected, but it’s still too soon and the workers are slowly getting to it,” Kruger said.
He added that, although there have been complaints on the slow progress, it had all since been resolved and Kruger expected that things would be back to normal by the end of next week.
Pikitup, meanwhile, released a statement confirming the end of the strike, saying that residents ought to expect slower services due to the build-up of excess refuse which had not been collected.
“We anticipate that the recovery plan will take more than three weeks to complete since, in most instances, the normal operations may be slowed due to excess waste which has accumulated for five weeks,” the statement said.
The entity also further urged residents to continue putting out their bins, and any excess waste in refuse bags, on their normal collection days.
Details: www.pikitup.co.za
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