Sanitation
Dumpsite workers go on strike in Pietermaritzburg
Rubbish trucks dump garbage at entrance
Brief | 13 September 2018
Hostel has one toilet for 39 households
“We are being undermined because we are staying in a hostel”
Brief | 13 September 2018
No money for C-section in East London
Two toilets for 200 people in Duncan Village, and the municipality “doesn’t have any funds” to fix or instal more
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 30 August 2018
Shack dwellers too scared to shit
Access to safe toilets is a daily struggle for Island informal settlement residents
By Vincent Lali
News | 17 August 2018
Former mayor promised us houses, say Nyanga residents
Shack dwellers in Lotus Park emergency housing say they have been waiting since 2003
News | 15 August 2018
Pit latrines not serviced for decades in Pietermaritzburg
Councillor says provision of sanitation is “in the pipeline”
Brief | 9 August 2018
Bureaucracy leaves Khayelitsha toilets uncleaned since last year
Because janitors don’t have inoculations residents live with shit
News | 6 August 2018
Two toilets for dozens of residents in Khayelitsha
City says shacks in Enkanini will need to be relocated to make space for more toilets
By Vincent Lali
News | 3 August 2018
Rats and raw sewage part of daily life in Dunoon
City to spend R5 million to combat blocked drains in the area
News | 1 August 2018