National Treasury intervenes as uncollected rubbish piles up across Joburg
Daily Maverick | 09.07.2026 05:28
At a briefing on Wednesday, 8 July, to announce a deal with the National Treasury, Johannesburg’s executive mayor, Dada Morero, admitted that even his own rubbish hadn’t been collected. He revealed that a severe cash crunch had left the waste utility Pikitup unable to pay contractors, disrupting services for residents across the city.
