Sanitation

Sweet Home Farm’s pungent canals

City promises full janitorial services this week

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Brief | 5 September 2017

Province orders City of Cape Town to clean up Masiphumelele

City has failed to address “appalling” sanitary conditions, says province

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News | 23 August 2017

Masiphumelele residents reject portable toilets

“I must sit in front of my children to do my business because my house is not big enough for privacy”

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Brief | 17 August 2017

Eastern Cape learners tackle MEC over lack of toilets at schools

“Our toilets are in no conditions to be used. They are dirty and there are no bins to throw our sanitary pads.”

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News | 11 August 2017

Pelican Park erupts after councillor goes AWOL

“This is simple. We want service delivery. That includes houses, sports facilities, clinics, working sanitation, and a clean community.”

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News | 27 July 2017

PE municipality cleans rubbish dump

City acts swiftly after GroundUp report

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Brief | 26 July 2017

Janitors struggle to cope with Wallacedene’s filthy toilets

City promises immunisation shots for workers and that all necessary equipment and chemicals will be delivered

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News | 24 July 2017

Motherwell residents watch garbage pile up for six months

Residents claim dumping site last cleared in December

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Brief | 21 July 2017

Raw sewage in my back yard – Port Elizabeth resident

Streets and yards flooded for two months in Wells Estate

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Brief | 14 July 2017

No house yet, but here is a toilet that doesn’t work

Toilets in Uitenhage housing project were built three years before the houses and they no longer work

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News | 4 July 2017

Toilets for busy taxi rank after many years

Commuters have been relieving themselves behind food stalls at Port Elizabeth’s Crossroad Taxi Rank

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Brief | 27 June 2017

Toilets not emptied for a year, say residents

Roads barricaded in Pietermaritzburg following electricity and water disruptions

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Brief | 20 June 2017

Cape Flats cleaners want masks

Management agrees masks are necessary

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News | 13 June 2017

City clears the air in Lower Crossroads

A drain that let off a stench of human waste since December has been fixed

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Brief | 12 June 2017

Schaumberg residents protest against years of state neglect

A community that has built its own preschool needs government support

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News | 5 June 2017

Rubbish dump is a hazard for some but a lifeline for others

“I know that the discarded food could be dangerous to the health of me and my child, but I don’t have an option.”

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News | 30 May 2017