BUDGET BUST: Pikitup left in lurch, refuse uncollected as Joburg’s funding woes grow
In an unusually candid response to questions from Daily Maverick last week, Pikitup admitted it had spent years trying to run Johannesburg’s refuse collection service without enough money to replace trucks or pay suppliers. Mayor Dada Mo…
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