Sanitation

Informal settlement residents demand water ahead of lockdown

“Everybody says that the most vulnerable will be protected but what has the government done to make sure the most vulnerable have access to water?”

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News | 26 March 2020

Our living conditions deserve the same attention as Coronavirus, say angry shackdwellers

Roads blocked, buses set alight in Port Elizabeth

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News | 25 March 2020

Covid-19: It’s hard to wash your hands when 380 families share three taps

“If I use the one bucket of water to do laundry then I remain without water to cook and wash hands”

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News | 25 March 2020

Raw sewage flowing since October from broken pipe in PE

Residents say they have repeatedly reported the issue, but municipal workers never come

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Brief | 24 March 2020

Residents vow to fight for services at funeral for boy killed by illegal electricity connection

Angry mourners defy government’s ban on gatherings of more than 100 people

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Brief | 23 March 2020

“I am living in a toilet,” says eThekwini resident

Residents want the municipality to fix a sewage leak which they say has been overflowing since early January

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Brief | 16 March 2020

Pensioner helps himself and his neighbourhood by recycling from illegal dumps

“The illegal dumping sites are a nuisance to our health and to the environment,” says PE resident Ntsokolo Konzapi

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Brief | 13 March 2020

Lusikisiki drowning in rubbish and sewage

“I’ve got used to the smell of sewage but my customers have not,” says food stall owner

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News | 11 March 2020

R4 million plan to clear dumpsites after death of children

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor also promises play parks

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News | 11 March 2020

Not much progress with Ramaphosa’s school sanitation campaign

Only 266 out of 3,898 schools have benefitted

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News | 2 March 2020

Taxis plough through sewage in Port Elizabeth

A drain has been overflowing on Old Uitenhage Road for six weeks

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Brief | 25 February 2020

Not safe to go to the toilet

Residents of Kliprand informal settlement have opted for the bucket system because gangs target people using communal toilets at night

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News | 24 February 2020

Failing pump floods Addo street with sewage

“Our municipality does not care about its residents”

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Brief | 20 February 2020

Raw sewage flows into Sundays River, possibly for years already

Municipality says mechanical and electrical failure causing spillage

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News | 17 February 2020

Fire victims relocated to waterlogged site

Survivors of a devastating blaze in December say the site they were relocated to is unsuitable and unserviced

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News | 12 February 2020