ltd type proprietary limited liability company industry waste 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 services waste collection and disposal number of employees 626 2000 website http 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 update 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 contents 1 business listings 2 known customers past present and prospective 2.1 pikitup 3 in the news 4 references 5 external links business listings edit 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 edit 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 edit 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 february 28 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 march 7 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 edit 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 . references edit a b govt cracks down on illegal alexandra waste site . mail & guardian online . 24 may 2005 . retrieved 2007 12 16 . a b minutes of the information meeting for the comprehensive total street cleaning services for ivory park pdf . pikitup pty ltd. 24 january 2008 . archived from the original pdf on 27 february 2008 . retrieved 2008 02 11 . sa waste holdings pty ltd . retrieved 2007 12 16 . sa waste holdings pty ltd customer service . archived from the original on 27 may 2009 . retrieved 2007 12 16 . sa waste holdings pty ltd black economic empowerment . retrieved 2007 12 16 . dead link gauteng dace waste management registered recyclers . department of agriculture conservation and environment gauteng provincial government . retrieved 2007 12 16 . gauteng dace waste management registered transporters . department of agriculture conservation and environment gauteng provincial government . retrieved 2007 12 16 . co.za directory by category waste s . findsa . retrieved 2007 12 16 . firstier online business directory & internet service provider isp south africa . firstier . retrieved 2007 12 16 . dead link http www.businessday.co.za downloads companies.pdf pdf . business day . archived from the original pdf on 27 february 2008 . retrieved 2007 12 16 . external link in title help mdladlana membathisi mphumzi shepherd 18 march 2005 . department of labour public registry notice pdf . south african department of labour . archived from the original pdf on 27 february 2008 . retrieved 2007 12 16 . sabai our team . sabai . archived from the original on 5 march 2007 . retrieved 2007 12 16 . recycling that e mail you printed . explore south africa . retrieved 2007 12 16 . harding james . recycling that e mail you printed . vodaworld online . retrieved 2007 12 16 . http www.pikitup.co.za upload files contractsregister.xls . pikitup . archived from the original microsoft excel on 29 october 2007 . retrieved 2007 12 16 . external link in title help pu185b 2008 total refuse removal for ivory park and its environs pdf . archived from the original pdf on 27 february 2008 . retrieved 2008 02 11 . sa waste management company to get final warning from mec mosunkutu . department of agriculture conservation and environment gauteng provincial government . 23 may 2005 . retrieved 2007 12 16 . jo burg waste recycler runs into trouble . mail & guardian online . 12 may 2005 . retrieved 2007 12 16 . time running out fast for gauteng s polluters . business day . 25 may 2005 . archived from the original on 10 november 2007 . retrieved 2007 12 16 . illegal waste site closed down in afrikaans . 50 50 bushbuzz . 29 may 2005 . archived from the original on 26 september 2006 . retrieved 2007 12 16 . sa waste pty ltd business no longer a threat to health of local communities . department of agriculture conservation and environment gauteng provincial government . 30 september 2005 . retrieved 2007 12 16 . tonight reporter 4 july 2005 . dream day ideal to pig out . tonight . retrieved 2008 01 04 . guinness world record attempt 2.6 km birthday cake . reach for a dream . retrieved 2007 12 16 . dead link a world longest dream comes true on 7 july . reach for a dream . archived from the original on 4 november 2005 . retrieved 2008 01 04 . external links edit kofifi thusano pty ltd welcome to pikitup retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sa waste holdings & oldid 738701049 categories waste companiescompanies of south africahidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010cs1 errors external linkscs1 afrikaans language sources af engvarb from may 2013use dmy dates from may 2013all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2015pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles containing potentially dated statements from 2003all articles containing potentially dated statements 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