THE City of Johannesburg’s own waste collection entity, Pikitup, is back in the spotlight following Mayor Herman Mashaba’s plan to privatise it.
In the last couple of years, Pikitup was rocked by many challenges from strikes and the suspension of the managing director, Amanda Nair, to allegations of tender corruption and nepotism.
When the workers are on strike it becomes clear that something is not being done by just looking at the number of plastic bags dumped illegally everywhere in the South, leaving the streets, especially in the Johannesburg CBD, with a bad smell.
Mashaba’s idea to sell Pikitup was received with mixed feelings as people were arguing and looking at the proposal from different angles, giving their opinions across the country’s radio stations.
Do you as a resident of Johannesburg, in particular the south of Johannesburg, think Pikitup should be sold into the hands of private companies and why?
Mashaba’s plan does not intend to put the workers out of work but to fulfill his dream of making Johannesburg a clean city that gives other cities like Cape Town and Singapore a run for their money. Mashaba shared this view in his opinion piece previously published in the ‘Daily Maverick’.
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