Sanitation
300 toilets without houses after five years
Uitenhage housing beneficiaries were moved to the toilets a year ago
Brief | 12 July 2018
Municipality fails to fix burst pipe for two years, says resident
Uitenhage resident says area around his house remains waterlogged despite reporting the problem to the City several times
Brief | 9 July 2018
Residents “take back” their community with clean-up initiative
The International Peace Youth Group in partnership with PRASA and Netreg residents cleaned the area around the train station on Saturday
Brief | 9 July 2018
No toilets for informal settlement in Mthatha
The municipality says it can’t provide services because residents occupied the land illegally
Brief | 6 July 2018
Hope for Johannesburg waste pickers
The City has committed to including them in recycling efforts, but activists are sceptical
By Zoë Postman
News | 2 July 2018
Pietermaritzburg residents start cleaning blitz
Sobantu residents say the municipality has neglected the township
News | 2 July 2018
Why do informal settlements get cluttered with litter?
UCT survey of Island in Khayelitsha provides some answers
By Emma Green
Science | 29 June 2018
“We have no place to defecate” says Khayelitsha resident
City has promised to fix blocked toilets in Green Point informal settlement, but blames land occupiers for problem
By Vincent Lali
News | 28 June 2018
Roads ridden with potholes in Duncan Village, say residents
The municipality says it has budgeted to fix some of the roads in the township this year.
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 25 June 2018