Sanitation
Soweto informal settlement abandoned by government
After 33 years, just five working toilets and four working taps for hundreds of households in Nomzamo Park
By Chris Gilili
News | 21 July 2023
Furious residents confront Kariega officials after child drowns in sewage
“You only come to us when our children die,” deputy mayor is told
Brief | 17 July 2023
Makhanda commuters ‘use the bush’ because taxi rank toilets have been closed for years
Councillor says she has asked the municipality for more public toilets in town
Brief | 30 June 2023
Rubbish in Delft overwhelms City of Cape Town response
City says it spends R300-million a year cleaning up illegal dumps but can’t make headway without community support
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 30 June 2023
Under water for two weeks: Cape Town’s Covid informal settlement
Residents fear disease could break out from the human waste in the water
News | 26 June 2023
Families here relieve themselves in plastic bags which they throw into the drains
In Lusaka informal settlement in Cape Town there are not enough toilets, drains are blocked, and there is a terrible stench
By Chris Gilili
News | 22 June 2023
Shack dwellers protest in support of Nelson Mandela Bay’s DA mayor
Mayor delivered over 300 chemical toilets that are cleaned every second day, a protester tells ANC representatives. “All you want to do is loot,” says another.
News | 25 May 2023
Amathole villagers drink from the river while new contractor for water project appointed
Municipality takes over drinking water project meant to have been completed last year
News | 23 May 2023
“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
News | 19 May 2023