Sanitation

Fire victims at Overcome Heights want electricity and water restored

It has been a month since a fire displaced 800 people

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Brief | 3 December 2018

“The so-called future of this country is dying”

Learners battle government to make their schools clean and safe

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News | 30 November 2018

Westville residents threaten further protests

Port Elizabeth informal settlement divided on relocation and development

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News | 29 November 2018

“My shack is a breeding ground for rats” says Duncan Village resident

Piles of garbage in the area have not been collected since September

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Brief | 26 November 2018

New toilets for Eastern Cape village school

16 toilets installed at Mfunalwazi Primary School

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Brief | 21 November 2018

Living on a dumpsite since 1992

We’ve been forgotten, say residents of eTipini in East London

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Brief | 16 November 2018

Woman breaks leg while trying to use communal toilet

“I was in so much pain”, says Khayelitsha woman

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Brief | 13 November 2018

Nkandla residents rally to fix municipal toilets

“Next year we won’t vote. We do not have a reason to vote.”

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Brief | 2 November 2018

Parents start imaginative project to stop children playing on dumpsite

“Some children developed rashes all over their bodies after playing with the rubbish”

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Brief | 29 October 2018

“I fell into a pit of mud and human waste”

Pit toilets finally repaired at Eastern Cape school where caretaker nearly drowned

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News | 26 October 2018

Rubbish uncollected for months in Port Elizabeth

Ward 58 councillor Mendiswa Makunga (ANC) stops assistant giving her phone number to GroundUp

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Brief | 25 October 2018

Toilets unserviced for five years in East London

Residents say 200 people use two working toilets and one communal tap

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Brief | 22 October 2018

Land occupiers in Philippi want City to buy Oasis land

Oasis Crescent Property mum on future of occupation

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News | 19 October 2018

Canals remain an open sore in Masiphumele Wetlands

Residents unhappy with City’s efforts; Provincial government however paints a rosy picture

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News | 12 October 2018

Parents have to build toilets for Eastern Cape school

Learners at schools in Cofimvaba have to relieve themselves outside

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News | 12 October 2018

Thousands of people need toilets, taps and electricity in Khayelitsha

New Monwabisi Park shack dwellers march for basic services

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Brief | 10 October 2018