Sanitation
Vehicles set alight as protesters demand sanitation and water
Nelson Mandela Bay Mayco member promises action on stalled project
Brief | 19 March 2024
City of Cape Town won’t bend jobs policy, councillor tells Imizamo Yethu protesters
Development Forum says cleaning jobs are not going to young people from the area
News | 14 March 2024
Khayelitsha families rebuild shacks after botched relocation
The voluntary move has now cost the shack dwellers money, materials, and belongings
By Vincent Lali
News | 23 February 2024
Taxi operators stop City from relocating families in Khayelitsha
Ward councillor says the move is urgently needed in order to fix sewage pipes affecting the whole area
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 19 February 2024
Failing sewage plants continue to pollute False Bay
Most of Cape Town’s sewage treatment works are failing, including the city’s largest one which releases effluent straight into the sea
News | 16 February 2024
Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled
City to deal with the 32-million litres of raw sewage it pumps out to sea every day
News | 9 February 2024
Nearly 100,000 households in Msunduzi have no refuse collection
As illegal dumps mushroom, the municipality is trying to expand rubbish collection services
News | 9 February 2024
Rubbish piles up in growing Mfuleni settlements
More families moved onto land during Covid
By Vincent Lali
News | 6 February 2024
Illegal dumping swamps Nelson Mandela Bay
“I challenge you to show me open spaces without heaps of garbage in our townships,” says Gqeberha resident
Brief | 2 February 2024