Sanitation
Informal settlement residents demand water ahead of lockdown
“Everybody says that the most vulnerable will be protected but what has the government done to make sure the most vulnerable have access to water?”
News | 26 March 2020
Our living conditions deserve the same attention as Coronavirus, say angry shackdwellers
Roads blocked, buses set alight in Port Elizabeth
News | 25 March 2020
Covid-19: It’s hard to wash your hands when 380 families share three taps
“If I use the one bucket of water to do laundry then I remain without water to cook and wash hands”
By Vincent Lali
News | 25 March 2020
Raw sewage flowing since October from broken pipe in PE
Residents say they have repeatedly reported the issue, but municipal workers never come
Brief | 24 March 2020
Residents vow to fight for services at funeral for boy killed by illegal electricity connection
Angry mourners defy government’s ban on gatherings of more than 100 people
Brief | 23 March 2020
Informal settlements rise up against municipality’s “lies”
Roads blocked and cars stoned
Brief | 20 March 2020
“I am living in a toilet,” says eThekwini resident
Residents want the municipality to fix a sewage leak which they say has been overflowing since early January
Brief | 16 March 2020
Pensioner helps himself and his neighbourhood by recycling from illegal dumps
“The illegal dumping sites are a nuisance to our health and to the environment,” says PE resident Ntsokolo Konzapi
Brief | 13 March 2020
Lusikisiki drowning in rubbish and sewage
“I’ve got used to the smell of sewage but my customers have not,” says food stall owner
News | 11 March 2020