Sanitation
Apartheid-era hostel causing a stink in Eastern Cape town
More than 200 families live in the dilapidated Molo hostel in Butterworth without toilets - and the smell is annoying the neighbours
News | 26 July 2024
Protesters block N12, demand toilets, water
“Children as young as seven years old fight for water with old people”
Brief | 23 July 2024
Gugulethu volunteers clean up dump sites on Mandela Day
“Now that the area has been cleaned we are grateful. We will look after it and prevent illegal dumping.”
Brief | 19 July 2024
City of eThekwini pays millions for a handful of useless toilets and showers
A private company is charging the City R250,000 a month for 12 toilets and 12 showers at homeless shelters and hardly any of them are working
By Raymond Joseph and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 2 July 2024
These Inanda families have to walk to a primary school to use the toilet
Victims of 2022 floods are still living in a “transit camp”
News | 10 June 2024
Louis Trichardt residents forced to live among pools of sewage
Tired of continual backups into their pipes due to blocked sewer lines, some residents have reverted to pit toilets
News | 27 May 2024
Three years after a court order, illegal dumps in Makhanda have not been cleared
There has been only partial compliance by the municipality, while numerous dumpsites continue to plague residents
Brief | 23 May 2024
Unpaid contractors block central Gqeberha with garbage trucks and water tankers
The municipality agreed to pay service providers by next week
Brief | 15 May 2024
Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons
None of the 19 sewage treatment plants managed by the Ugu District Municipality are properly treating sewage released into rivers and lagoons
News | 15 May 2024