South Africa|Kwazulu-Natal|Durban

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“Using the bucket is better than risking your life trying to go to the neighbour’s toilet” says Durban resident

The DA in KZN is writing to the Human Rights Commission about old and overflowing pit toilets in the community

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News | 19 May 2023

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It will take eThekwini over 90 years to fix informal settlements, says metro

Meanwhile thousands of families in Foreman Road informal settlement live without adequate services

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News | 9 May 2023

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Life at Cato Crest gets worse as ward councillor remains behind bars

Residents accuse eThekwini Municipality of ignoring their calls for help

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News | 8 May 2023

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Determined Durban moms recycle cardboard

“This is a ticket to send our children to university”

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Feature | 3 May 2023

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“Freedom Day is for rich people.” Shackdwellers protest in Durban

Residents of informal settlements march to city hall

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News | 26 April 2023

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More than 30 families share one pit toilet at this Durban informal settlement

Residents say eThekwini Municipality has failed to fix most of the toilets in the area which are blocked and broken

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Brief | 26 April 2023

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Durban flood victims accuse government of not keeping its promises

We spoke to families living in emergency accommodation near the city centre

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News | 24 April 2023

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Thousands of households without running water for three weeks in eThekwini

Municipality has still not repaired damage caused by an electrical fire at the Ntuzuma Pump Station

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Brief | 19 April 2023

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A year after the floods, the Gumbi family are still hoping to find the bodies of their children

“We have accepted that they are gone,” says member of Durban family

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News | 11 April 2023

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Cleaners in a Durban township say they use their own money to fix broken toilets

The eThekwini Municipality says it will investigate claims that janitors don’t have materials and that most of the toilets in the settlement are broken

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Brief | 4 April 2023

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Living conditions at “transit camp” in eThekwini Municipality are inhumane, say residents

Camp was intended as temporary housing but 11 years later, many families are still there

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News | 4 April 2023

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Durban Centre for the Disabled to be sold

KZN Public Work says the occupants of the Enduduzweni Centre will keep their livelihoods

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News | 30 March 2023

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Nearly 600 families at a temporary relocation area in Durban share eight toilets

eThekwini Municipality says its water and sanitation unit is busy with repairs

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News | 17 March 2023

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Parents of children with special needs boycott Durban schools

Parents complain that the KwaZulu-Natal education department is neglecting special schools

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News | 15 March 2023

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Call for government to save Durban’s contaminated rivers

“Toxic” levels of E. coli will require national government intervention, say water activists

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News | 27 February 2023

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Gandhi’s legacy in South Africa threatened by lack of government interest and dwindling funds

Gandhi Museum and the Phoenix Settlement he founded no longer have any major donors

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News | 17 February 2023