Sanitation

Rubbish piles up in East London

Duncan village may have to wait until next year for illegal dump sites to be cleared

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Brief | 30 July 2018

Durban residents will take to the streets if City doesn’t clean up its act

Municipality unresponsive on blocked and broken toilets in Siyathuthuka

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News | 24 July 2018

Living on the banks of a river of sewage

Open sewage flows past 100 RDP homes in Uitenhage

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Brief | 23 July 2018

“We can never vote while breathing human waste every day”

Sewer overflowing since last year say East London residents

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Brief | 23 July 2018

Rural school gets toilets thanks to private company

For years primary school children were forced to use an open field

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Brief | 20 July 2018

Hundreds share one working toilet in Khayelitsha neighbourhood

Shortage of inoculations prevents toilets from being serviced

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Brief | 19 July 2018

Community installs its own toilets after crowdfunded campaign

Construction of flushing toilets has begun, but the unresponsive Ekurhuleni municipality may spoil the project

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Brief | 17 July 2018

Playground for rats at Redhill informal settlement

Municipality dispatches rodent control team

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Brief | 13 July 2018

The worst toilets in Khayelitsha?

Residents in K2 say toilets haven’t been cleaned this year

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Brief | 13 July 2018

300 toilets without houses after five years

Uitenhage housing beneficiaries were moved to the toilets a year ago

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Brief | 12 July 2018

Municipality fails to fix burst pipe for two years, says resident

Uitenhage resident says area around his house remains waterlogged despite reporting the problem to the City several times

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Brief | 9 July 2018

Residents “take back” their community with clean-up initiative

The International Peace Youth Group in partnership with PRASA and Netreg residents cleaned the area around the train station on Saturday

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Brief | 9 July 2018

No toilets for informal settlement in Mthatha

The municipality says it can’t provide services because residents occupied the land illegally

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Brief | 6 July 2018

Hope for Johannesburg waste pickers

The City has committed to including them in recycling efforts, but activists are sceptical

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News | 2 July 2018

Pietermaritzburg residents start cleaning blitz

Sobantu residents say the municipality has neglected the township

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News | 2 July 2018

Why do informal settlements get cluttered with litter?

UCT survey of Island in Khayelitsha provides some answers

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Science | 29 June 2018