Sanitation
SAHRC commissioner finds sewage gushing from drains in Cape Town housing project
Residents of Victoria Mxenge demand a permanent solution to sewerage problems
News | 15 June 2021
Elections 2021: Fragile coalitions erode basic services in Nama Khoi municipality
R205 million in irregular expenditure in 2020, R201 million in 2019, R198 million in 2018
News | 10 June 2021
Failure to fix pit latrines in Limpopo schools “outrageous”
Equal Education says there were 472 schools with pit latrines in 2019, and that grew to 515 in 2020
Law | 4 June 2021
Shack dwellers install their own taps and toilets
8,000 families in Khayelitsha find ways to cope without city services
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 June 2021
Conditions are dreadful at Pietermaritzburg morgue
Unclaimed bodies decaying, a terrible stench, no hot water, equipment and vehicles broken
Brief | 31 May 2021
Council cleans the filthy street we filmed
Readers tell us there are other places as bad as Bering Street in Kariega
Video | 26 May 2021
Video: Is this the most disgusting street in South Africa?
This video shows the awful state of Bering Street in KwaNobuhle, Kariega (formerly Uitenhage). It was filmed on 17 May.
Video | 19 May 2021
Ekurhuleni “dumps” evicted families in dilapidated church for two years
The City says a team will revisit the site to assess the living conditions
News | 18 May 2021
No budget for janitors at Cape Town informal settlement
Residents of Siyanyanzela have been buying their own pipes to fix communal toilets
By Vincent Lali
News | 17 May 2021