Ikageng Ditamating

Sasolburg, South Africa

Primary information

Year formed

2009

Language

English

Number of members

49

Type of members

Members are waste pickers

Occupation of members

Waste pickers

Type of Organization

Cooperative

Organizational Reach

Local

Workplace of members

Dumpsite

Objectives

Improve livelihoods, strengthen unity and cohesion amongst waste pickers, improve prices or recycled materials

Partnering organizations

GroundWork, South African Waste Picker Network,

Women composition

Social networking sites

Benefits

Services

Types of materials

Metals, Paper and cardboard, Plastics

Activities

Selling materials, Waste collection, Waste sorting

Complementary Information

Information source

Africa 2009

Comments / Narrative

Previously operated as two separate groups – Ikageng was made up of women and older men collecting paper and plastic and Ditamating was made up of younger men collecting metals. It was decided to unify and agreed that as a common organization all reclaimers would be able to collect all materials with profits to be shared equally. This united front would also strengthen their negotiating position with the awarding of a collection contract from the municipality.