Sanitation
Day 2: State attempts to discredit parents in Michael Komape trial
Advocate asks if death of five-year-old who drowned in toilet was any different from death by sickness or car accident
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 14 November 2017
Neighbours provide water and electricty to informal settlement
City of Cape Town says it’s assessing what is required for infrastructure in Nyunywini, Kraaifontein
By Vincent Lali
News | 13 November 2017
Preview: Parents of drowned child seek justice
Michael Komape died in a toilet at school. Now James and Rosina Komape are going to court to compel the state to provide decent sanitation to schools across Limpopo.
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 12 November 2017
Government is 11 years past deadline to end bucket system
About 17,000 toilets, each costing R15,000, built in Free State and none in use
Parliament | 9 November 2017
Groundbreaking toilet case heads to Equality Court
Service provided by the City of Cape Town to be put under the spotlight
Law | 7 November 2017
Hekpoort settlement has been trying for 12 years to get water
Frustrated Schaumburg residents fed-up with politicians
News | 11 October 2017
No toilets in Barcelona after 25 years
“We sleep with shit inside our shacks at night”
Brief | 11 October 2017
PE houses stand in “dams of human faeces”
Municipality blames blockages on “foreign objects”
Brief | 10 October 2017