Sanitation

Streets in Durban township are covered in sewage

Ward councillor blames frequent sewerage blockages on residents throwing rubbish into the drains

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Brief | 28 August 2023

Gauteng Premier promises a “realistic” plan for services in Slovo Park

The settlement has waited for over two decades to be upgraded despite a 2016 court ruling in residents’ favour

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News | 24 August 2023

1,500 families share three toilets in Durban informal settlement

Nearly 40 blocked toilets have not been fixed after two years

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News | 17 August 2023

Jobless residents clean up rubbish dumps in Nyanga East

Volunteers work from 9am to 1pm on weekdays

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Brief | 8 August 2023

After a month of no refuse collection, Dunoon residents march to municipal offices

Subcouncil 3 manager says area is too volatile to render services

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Brief | 7 August 2023

Khayelitsha families rally to help bury three children who died after playing on dump site

City of Cape Town and SAPS are investigating the deaths

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News | 25 July 2023

Protesters force city councillors to walk through sewage

Kariega residents divert Mandela Day convoy

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News | 24 July 2023

Over 1,000 shack dwellers protest: “We are tired of living in squalor”

City of Cape Town accused of “persistent failure to collect rubbish ” in informal settlements

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News | 21 July 2023

Soweto informal settlement abandoned by government

After 33 years, just five working toilets and four working taps for hundreds of households in Nomzamo Park

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News | 21 July 2023