Sanitation

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Shack dwellers live in filth in Kraaifontein

Residents depend on neighbours in RDP houses for basic services

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News | 4 May 2018

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Cape Town needs to invest in places like Malawi Camp

Airport settlement is test of municipality’s commitment to investing in poor communities

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Opinion | 2 May 2018

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Sewer pipe collapses and destroys homes

Our whole living room collapsed and our bedroom where my wife was sleeping, says resident

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News | 26 April 2018

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Trapped in Bholobholo without a toilet for 10 years

City says sanitation and water taps will be installed in May

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News | 18 April 2018

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Dunoon women choose toilets over businesses

Shipping containers pushed into the road to make way for new toilets

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News | 11 April 2018

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Township homeowners complain about land occupiers

They “are living in comfort because they have houses of their own, while we don’t have” responds occupier

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News | 11 April 2018

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One year after Hout Bay fire residents sit without basic services

Protesters in Imizamo Yethu demand electricity, sanitation and water

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News | 26 March 2018

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Losing the war on waste in filthy Port Elizabeth suburb

Councillor says awareness campaign not happening in his ward where the place is strewn with rubbish

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Brief | 23 March 2018

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Community successfully crowd funds R70k for toilets

A miracle that happened so quickly, says resident in Mzondi informal settlement

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Brief | 21 March 2018