Sanitation
Pietermaritzburg township plagued by raw sewage spills
Msunduzi Municipality blames ageing infrastructure, improper waste disposal, and illegal connections
News | 17 January 2024
Taps have been dry in this Durban community for more than a decade
“My daughter was a year old when I last saw water coming out of our taps. She will be 14 next month,” says frustrated Bester resident
Brief | 16 January 2024
Nyanga families battle two-day water outage
City of Cape Town workers are on site to fix burst pipe
Brief | 9 January 2024
Children kayak in Kariega’s flooded streets
Local business owners scupper latest effort by Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to remove water
Brief | 8 January 2024
Christmas will be just another day in Thembelihle, where toilets haven’t been emptied for four months
Johannesburg Water says “internal challenges” led to a shortage of trucks
Brief | 22 December 2023
Khayelitsha residents document their daily struggle with toilets
Photographic exhibition shows access to sanitation from the perspective of people living in informal settlements
By Liezl Human
Brief | 20 November 2023
Sewage in the sea: City fails to meet Hout Bay permit conditions
The City of Cape Town’s own data shows it is releasing more sewage than is allowed
News | 17 November 2023
Protection racket halts toilet cleaning in Khayelitsha
Service provider withdrew after threats at gunpoint and extortion attempts
By Sandiso Phaliso and Vincent Lali
News | 9 November 2023
Roads in Kariega have been flooded for months
Taxi association in Kariega says: “We were promised that the problem would be fixed but it isn’t”
Brief | 3 November 2023