Articles for Axolile Notywala
An open letter to the authorities about Marikana
We need urgent and integrated action
Opinion | 4 October 2017
Premier Zille’s childhood toilets not comparable to informal settlements
She has once more shown a lack of understanding of the lives of black people
Opinion | 8 September 2017
City discriminates against working class residents
Yet again, Cape Town’s R41 billion budget passage ignored thousands of submissions
Opinion | 13 June 2016
Whose voices really matter in the City of Cape Town’s budget?
Most of the city’s residents are excluded from the budget process
Opinion | 15 April 2016
South Africa has a draft sanitation policy, at last
But where are the timeframes?
Opinion | 4 March 2016
“What is your business in Council?” - My experience trying to participate in the City of Cape Town’s budget
Every year the mayor calls for residents to participate in the budget process by making submissions on Cape Town's draft budget. Last year fewer than forty people wrote submissions and only 23 were from the public. This has been the trend for the last couple of years.
Axolile Notywala
Opinion | 14 May 2015
City’s water and sanitation budget not pro-poor - SJC
On 25 April, the Mayor tabled the draft budget in council, challenging residents to find evidence that it is not pro-poor.
Axolile Notywala
Opinion | 24 April 2015
Mayor de Lille, here’s your evidence. It’s time for action.
When Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille tabled the 2015/2016 draft budget last week, she said, “In my years as Mayor, not once has any substantive proof to counter our evidence of pro-poor spending ever been offered.”
Axolile Notywala
Opinion | 31 March 2015
Activists to Sonnenberg: City must engage constructively on sanitation
Yesterday the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) published a social audit of the state of municipal public toilets in Khayelitsha. Councillor Ernest Sonnenberg responded. This is a reply by the SJC's Axolile Notywala and Dustin Kramer to Councillor Sonnenberg.
Axolile Notywala and Dustin Kramer
Opinion | 2 October 2014