Sanitation
PE street cleaners protest, demand backpay
They claim they weren’t paid for August
Brief | 15 November 2019
Western Cape government confronts City of Cape Town over “appalling unhygienic” conditions in Dunoon
City says it has “a service delivery obligation but is not itself the cause of the pollution”
News | 14 November 2019
Open manhole is an accident waiting to happen
A drain in Uitenhage has stood uncovered for two months, say residents
Brief | 13 November 2019
Makhanda High Court orders MEC to improve sanitation in school
Judgment follows six years of petitioning Department of Education for new toilets
News | 13 November 2019
Initiation school mired in filth
Illegal dumping is compromising Xhosa traditional practice at a school in Govan Mbeki
Brief | 7 November 2019
“Urine streams down the taxi rank”
Toilets at Govan Mbeki Taxi Rank in Port Elizabeth have not worked for three months, commuters say
Brief | 6 November 2019
Land occupation named after Mayor Bobani erupts in protests
“He said we can rebuild our shacks and live here. He promised to give us toilets, water and electricity”
News | 29 October 2019
Thugs scare municipal workers away from broken township drains
Drain in Soweto-on-Sea took months to fix
Brief | 28 October 2019
A day in the life of a municipal sewerage worker
“When I started I had to fight off nausea”
Feature | 28 October 2019