Sanitation
Filthy Mthatha is a pigsty, say residents
Council has just approved a Waste Management Turnaround Plan, says municipality
News | 6 December 2021
Victoria Mxenge residents dream of a Christmas without the stench of raw sewage
Since 2019 the community has been battling with sewage spills and waste running down its streets
News | 6 December 2021
Pit latrines, bad roads and no tap water but Limpopo villagers have multi-million rand community halls
Huge amounts of money were spent in Zebediela on halls that are hardly used and are crumbling from neglect
News | 2 December 2021
Are informal settlement residents really to blame for Cape Town’s polluted vleis?
An inadequate sewerage system and a lack of access to sanitation are the root causes according to experts
By Liezl Human
News | 23 November 2021
There will be no funerals until the sewage system is fixed, residents threaten
“We live in a pigsty”
Brief | 15 November 2021
Overflowing toilets, piles of rubbish and empty water tanks plague Gqeberha shack dwellers
Yet the municipality claims the area is cleaned and serviced regularly
Brief | 10 November 2021
New data shows how badly polluted Cape Town’s vleis are
Unacceptable levels of E. coli persist in Zeekoevlei, Zandvlei, Rietvlei, and Milnerton lagoon
By Liezl Human
News | 8 November 2021
Corruption or incompetence? Rural Eastern Cape housing projects delayed for years
And a company that was paid R1.5 billion in tenders left households in Cofimvaba each with a pile of concrete slabs instead of toilets
News | 5 November 2021
Cape Town’s polluted vleis costing jobs
Sewage spills are damaging local businesses and international tourism
News | 29 October 2021