SA Waste Holdings

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SA Waste Holdings (Pty) Ltd
TypeProprietary Limited Liability Company
IndustryWaste disposal
Founded Johannesburg, South Africa (1990)
Headquarters
Johannesburg
,
South Africa
Number of locations
2 branches (2008)[ citation needed ]
Area served
 Gauteng, South Africa
Key people
Herman Ackermann (Director), [1]
Renox Molatedi (Unknown Designation) [2]
ServicesWaste collection and disposal
Number of employees
626 (2000)
Website https://www.sawaste.co.za

SA Waste Holdings (Pty) Ltd is a waste management company, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, in Gauteng Province. It was launched in 1990, and as of 2003 boasted 626 staff members. [3] The company boasts clients in the retail, commercial, entertainment and gambling sectors. [4] SA Waste is a BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) conscious company, and has a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) subsidiary, Kofifi Thusano (Pty) Ltd. [5]

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Business Listings

SA Waste Holdings (Pty) Ltd is a registered recycler with the Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment (DACE) as of 30 September 2005, [6] and a registered transporter with the same department, as of 19 September 2007. [7]

The company and its subsidiaries are listed in a variety of online business directories and government sources such as FindSA, [8] Firstier, [9] and Business Day 's list of companies. [10] On 18 March 2005, they appeared in a Government Notice, on the Schedule of designated employers that have submitted employment equity reports in terms of Section 21, of the Employment Equity Act, Act No. 55 of 1998. [11]

Known customers (past, present and prospective)

SA Waste is a registered contractor with Sabai (a townhouse complex in Randburg). [12] It is unclear what services they provide to Sabai, as Pikitup is the only company in Johannesburg that is permitted to collect waste form residential buildings.

According to the April/May 2000 issue of Vodaworld Magazine, [13] [14] Vodacom also counted themselves as a client. SA Waste was responsible for collecting waste from Vodacom's site on a daily basis, and transporting it to their recycling plant, where it would be sorted and sold to external recycling companies.

Pikitup

In 2006 to 2007, the company was a registered supplier to Pikitup, where they were awarded tender number PU 68/2003, providing hire of labour to the parastatal. This contract ended on 28 February 2007. [15]

SA Waste is in the process (as of March 2008) of tendering for another contract at Pikitup. This one will involve providing of a total refuse removal service (Including round-collected refuse removal, street cleaning, servicing of garden sites, and servicing informal settlements) for Johannesburg's Ivory Park area. The closing date for bids on this tender was 7 March 2008, at 11:00 SAST, and proposals are currently being considered. [2] More information on this contract can be found at on the Pikitup website. [16]

In the news

On 12 May 2005, Gauteng environment minister Khabisi Mosunkutu paid a surprise visit to their recycling plant in Marlboro, near Alexandra (North of Johannesburg). The company was accused of illegally using their recycling plant to store non-recyclable and unsortable waste. [1] [17] Following the visit, the minister instructed that the site be shut down immediately and be given 14 days to remove all rubbish from the area. [18] This was not the first such warning the company had been issued with. [19] On 29 May 2005, the debacle was reported by the popular wildlife and environmental programme, 50/50. [20] After much effort from SA Waste to clean up their operations, they were granted a conditional green light to resume operations, on 30 September 2005. [21]

On 7 July 2005, [22] SA Waste participated [23] in Reach For a Dream's attempt at the Guinness World Record for a 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) long birthday cake (An event which took place at Cresta Shopping Centre in Johannesburg). [24] This attempt was successful, with the official length of the cake being 2,666 metres (8,747 ft).

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