Sanitation
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
Johannesburg garbage removal: reclaimers relieved that Pikitup’s R50 levy has been withdrawn
Although the decision has brought some relief, reclaimers still say they have not been made a part of the city’s recycling programme
Brief | 17 May 2021
Protesters dump rubbish inside City depot
Khayelitsha residents say their drains are blocked and nothing is being done
News | 12 May 2021