Sanitation

Water tanks run dry in Motherwell informal settlements

“Residents spend time in long queues waiting to fetch water” says community leader

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Brief | 19 May 2020

Philippi residents cry foul over stagnant water

City blames company building CTM in Mitchells Plain for damaged pipeline

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News | 15 May 2020

Oudtshoorn families accuse municipality of sidelining them for housing

Municipality says plan to provide housing and services to Zone 14 could only start next year

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Brief | 14 May 2020

Youths grab toilets meant for people with disabilities

Two bucket toilets shared by 22 “disabled households” in Vastrap informal settlement

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News | 8 May 2020

500 households in Empumelelweni have no toilets

Ward councillor says she didn’t know of the settlement

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Brief | 7 May 2020

Covid-19: Uitenhage settlement gets water three weeks after protest

Local councillor donates food to families in need

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Brief | 4 May 2020

Covid-19: “At least something good came out of this lockdown” says settlement resident

Mandeni informal settlement got six toilets and running water after 10 years of waiting

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Brief | 28 April 2020

The never-ending nightmare of going to the toilet in Burundi settlement

City of Cape Town says five janitors clean the communal toilets daily

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News | 23 April 2020

Covid-19: Water supply improves in Cape Town’s informal settlements

Water tanks and trucks have been delivered to some areas

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News | 21 April 2020

Covid-19: How a woman copes without a toilet or water

“I make my kids stay in my yard or lie in bed throughout the day”

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News | 18 April 2020

Covid-19: Informal settlement without water despite Durban mayor’s promise

In January the City demolished the only toilet in Mandeni

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Brief | 16 April 2020

Covid-19: It’s hard to practise hygiene in unhygienic conditions, say Mathambo residents

Informal settlement north of Durban needs more toilets and taps

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News | 9 April 2020

Covid-19: Informal settlement gets long-awaited toilets

“The municipality should not wait to act when there are pandemics like [Covid-19] to provide residents with basic services” says PE resident

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Brief | 6 April 2020

Covid-19: Filthy toilets, no water … fighting the virus in Upington’s informal settlements

Toilets haven’t been emptied for weeks in some places

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News | 3 April 2020

Covid-19: “We can’t stay inside when we have no toilets”

Lockdown meaningless in Dunoon informal settlements

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News | 31 March 2020

Illegal dumping site stinks in Mfuleni

Residents want wheelie bins, bin bags and regular garbage collection

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Brief | 27 March 2020