Sanitation
Filthy pit latrines and no water at Pietermaritzburg primary school
“Our children don’t deserve such conditions,” says parent.
Brief | 11 June 2019
Residents told not to dump rubbish illegally … but municipality fails to collect their waste
For months Uitenhage residents have had infrequent garbage collection
Brief | 10 June 2019
Durban lifts ban on fishing in its harbour
Port authority says use the port at your own risk because the water has not been declared fully safe
Roving Reporters
Brief | 7 June 2019
Community clean up turns waste into arts and crafts
Clean My Space initiative in Khayelitsha has ballooned to 180 members
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Masixole Feni.
Photo Essay | 7 June 2019
City has neglected sanitation in Alexandra, official testifies
Gauteng government gave municipality money between 2009 and 2011 to fix sewer “but if you go there now it’s as if nothing was ever done”
By Zoë Postman
News | 6 June 2019
Toilets dumped in informal settlement by mistake
Bonnytoun residents still waiting for better sanitation
News | 3 June 2019
Tensions between waste pickers and Johannesburg municipality escalate
City does not agree to demands
By Zoë Postman
News | 3 June 2019
Limpopo’s forgotten schools and the Lottery’s expensive toilets
R10 million grant went to Gauteng company with no experience
Feature | 24 May 2019