Sanitation

City cleans up rubbish dumps at Marikana

After nine months, the City has started to remove piles of garbage at the Philippi East informal settlement

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Brief | 25 May 2017

Marikana residents clean up rubbish dump

Garbage has not been removed for nine months

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News | 17 May 2017

Living with an open sewer for 15 years

Residents in East London say election promises were made to fix the problem

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Brief | 17 May 2017

No garbage collected in Marikana for nine months

City says settlement is on private land and it cannot provide the service

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News | 15 May 2017

Blocked toilets make life unbearable for Masiphumelele wetlands residents

“We want to see this fixed permanently so we can stay in a clean space where the children can play and people can access sanitation”

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Brief | 12 May 2017

Pietermaritzburg residents fetch water from a dirty river

Still no water supply in spite of new reservoir

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Brief | 10 May 2017

Lower Crossroads residents trapped indoors by foul smell from drains

“We cannot open our doors and windows because the smell is too much”

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News | 10 May 2017

Port Elizabeth’s biggest taxi rank has no toilets

“The infrastructure is now an eyesore and dilapidating.”

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News | 26 April 2017

Meet the people who collect our garbage

Some residents frantically run out in satin nighties determined to stop the truck so they can empty their bin for the week

Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Masixole Feni.

Photo Essay | 25 April 2017

No cleaning materials or protective clothing for Duncan Village janitors

Workers use their salaries to buy cleaning products

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News | 21 April 2017

Gugulethu toilet cleaning jobs dispute resolved

Services resume as new contracts signed

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Brief | 19 April 2017

The taxi driver who keeps his own street clean

Dunoon resident Yamkela Ncume has taken it upon himself to clear up refuse

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News | 18 April 2017

Toilets overflow as Buffalo City municipality fails to ensure tender is implemented

“It is sad the municipality does not care about us”

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News | 13 April 2017

Port Alfred municipality breaks promises on toilets

Spokesperson claims not to know about broken taxi rank toilets reported in January

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News | 6 April 2017

Battle for toilet cleaning jobs in Gugulethu

Residents stop janitors emptying toilets in protest

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News | 29 March 2017

PE families live with burst sewer pipe for three years

Municipality fails to keep promises

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News | 28 March 2017