Sanitation
Buffalo City wastes millions on vanity projects while essential infrastructure crumbles
More than R200-million blown on mismanaged tourist attractions while beaches are polluted by sewage
Feature | 1 September 2025
Kraaifontein residents protest about living conditions
Lists of demands handed over to City of Cape Town, Western Cape health department and SAPS
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 28 August 2025
Informal settlement residents destroy sewage pump station
They threaten to prevent repairs to the station until their electricity is restored
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 26 August 2025
Municipalities are ruining Hartbeespoort Dam
Pollution and sewage are harming the aquatic environment
Photo Essay | 26 August 2025
Mamelodi shack dwellers given stands a decade ago still live without services
Skierlik lacks waste collection, sewage, electricity and potable water
News | 14 August 2025
More than 80 to a class at Elim High
The school has over 2,000 learners and has been asking for additional classrooms since 2007
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 7 August 2025
People have to relieve themselves in open fields in this Eastern Cape town
Centane does not have enough working public toilets
News | 19 July 2025
Human waste flows through the streets of Hout Bay
Residents call for the City to urgently fix the problem to prevent “a health emergency”
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 15 July 2025
People live in squalor as City of Joburg’s development plans gather dust
Over 700 plots in Zandspruit, intended for residents to build their own homes, have stood vacant for six years.
Brief | 11 July 2025