Sanitation
It took a court order, but municipality says it is cleaning up Makhanda at last
Makhanda’s by-laws and waste management system fail constitutional mandate, says judge
News | 15 September 2021
Cape Town child drowns in sewer after manhole left uncovered
Uncle blames City’s track record on sanitation in Khayelitsha
News | 30 August 2021
Khayelitsha toilet cleaners work without recommended inoculations
City blames Covid disruptions for being behind on vaccinating workers against tetanus
Brief | 19 August 2021
Gqeberha shack dwellers block road, stone cars in protest over electricity and sanitation
700 households share three taps and three toilets
News | 18 August 2021
Addo awash in raw sewage for months
Municipality says it must upgrade sewer pump station to a water treatment works
News | 16 August 2021
Makana municipality insists these toilets have been fixed and are in use. But there’s a padlock on the gate
Taxi drivers, commuters, and vendors complain
News | 11 August 2021
Families living in filth in abandoned building
Gugulethu ward councillor acknowledges building is falling apart but can’t help occupants because it’s privately owned
News | 5 August 2021
Homeless people and traders in Nelson Mandela Bay take over cleaning public toilets
They charge the public R2 to use the toilets
Brief | 29 July 2021
Khayelitsha’s toilets choked with filth despite mayor’s promise to clean up
A month ago the Cape Town mayor promised the toilets in Site B would be fixed up. This week he promised again.
By Vincent Lali
News | 16 July 2021