Angry ex-Pikitup workers clash with cops over jobs



Johannesburg - There was an exchange of bullets and stones in running battles between protesters and the police at Pikitup’s Selby depot in Joburg on Tuesday.

The ongoing violent demonstrations saw operations being halted for the second day as former employees disrupted the waste-management service and demanded their jobs back. Women protesters stripped naked and accused the company of engaging in a jobs-for-pals scheme.


Former Pikitup employee Sangwani Chisimba worked as a contractor between 2010 and 2011 and claimed that company refused to retain them in their jobs because of the jobs for-pals scheme.

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