Health
Khayelitsha’s stinkiest home finally gets cleaned up
A house in Khayelitsha stank so badly, even the neighbours complained about it. Thankfully, the City of Cape Town has unblocked the sewage drain of Mluleki Gantso’s house.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 22 July 2014
Does anybody remember AIDS?
This week thousands of activists, scientists and government officials will troop to Melbourne, Australia, to participate in the 20th International AIDS Conference.
Mark Heywood
Opinion | 21 July 2014
Flush toilet audit begins in Khayelitsha
This week the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) began a second social audit of janitorial services in Khayelitsha. This time the organisation is looking at flush toilets.
Thembela Ntongana and Zintle Swana
News | 18 July 2014
De Lille lashes out at HRC and SJC over sanitation report
Today, Mayor Patricia De Lille responded in a special edition of Cape Town This Week to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) report on sanitation provision in Khayelitsha that was published yesterday.
Michelle Korte
News | 17 July 2014
Poo carriers found not guilty
Hundreds of Ses'khona members sang victory songs today as their leaders walked out of the Cape Town Magistrate court free.
Pharie Sefali
News | 16 July 2014
HRC: Cape Town’s chemical toilets violate human rights
The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has found that the City of Cape Town's roll out of chemical toilets unfairly discriminates against “black African” people, and violates the rights to basic sanitation and dignity of informal settlement residents.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 16 July 2014
Teachers, students and parents demand toilets and libraries for schools
“Our school has four pit-toilets, two for the boys and two for the girls”, Yonela Jumba says. “These toilets are also used by the teachers.”
Koketso Moeti
News | 16 July 2014
Death with dignity not only a debate for developed countries
Desmond Tutu's support for assisted dying made headlines across the world this week, and brought the debate into the mainstream in South Africa.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 15 July 2014
The Week in Political Activism
This week we report arrests at a health demonstration in the Free State, the African Union’s recent move to immunise leaders from war crime prosecution, and an upcoming school infrastructure reform conference.
Michelle Korte
News | 10 July 2014