Pikitup rejects ActionSA demands and cites wrong council, while unemployed South Africans spend thousands searching for work
Pikitup rejected job seeker demands by telling protesters to approach the City of Johannesburg council instead. Unemployed graduates are spending hundreds of rands daily on transport and data to find employment.
Pikitup has shut down action taken by ActionSA regarding unfulfilled job positions. The protest group had marched to Pikitup offices in Braamfontein in late August to ask about 400 posted jobs from February that remain unfilled. Job applicants claim thousands are still waiting without answers or support for their families. William Nakedi, a 55-year-old father, relies on social grants and family income while he waits. Kgothatso Mathabathe, a university graduate, stopped visiting offices in Pretoria because travel and food costs were too high. She now spends over R400 monthly on internet data to search online listings. Paballo Mokoena, an unemployed teacher seeking work for two years, paid R700 to travel from Gauteng to Bloemfontein for a single interview that yielded no results. Finding employment requires significant cash outlays for data, printing CVs, and daily transport in Pretoria at roughly R150 per day. About five million South Africans aged 15 to 34 are currently without jobs. ActionSA demanded answers on the recruitment process and asked if vacancies exist. Pikitup stated it had directed their questions to the wrong management team. The company insisted ActionSA submit inquiries to the City of Johannesburg council instead. It did not provide direct answers on the status of the positions or current hiring plans.
