Sanitation
Children kayak in Kariega’s flooded streets
Local business owners scupper latest effort by Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to remove water
Brief | 8 January 2024
Christmas will be just another day in Thembelihle, where toilets haven’t been emptied for four months
Johannesburg Water says “internal challenges” led to a shortage of trucks
Brief | 22 December 2023
Khayelitsha residents document their daily struggle with toilets
Photographic exhibition shows access to sanitation from the perspective of people living in informal settlements
By Liezl Human
Brief | 20 November 2023
Sewage in the sea: City fails to meet Hout Bay permit conditions
The City of Cape Town’s own data shows it is releasing more sewage than is allowed
News | 17 November 2023
Protection racket halts toilet cleaning in Khayelitsha
Service provider withdrew after threats at gunpoint and extortion attempts
By Sandiso Phaliso and Vincent Lali
News | 9 November 2023
Roads in Kariega have been flooded for months
Taxi association in Kariega says: “We were promised that the problem would be fixed but it isn’t”
Brief | 3 November 2023
Mandela Park families approved a sample toilet in 2008. 15 years later, they’re still waiting for the rest
Residents of Eastern Cape informal settlement say they’re not going to vote unless they get their promised toilets
News | 1 November 2023
Communal toilets overflowing with faeces due to extortion
About a month ago, Sanitech workers were held at gunpoint and extortionists demanded several thousand rand
News | 30 October 2023
Sewage still seeps through Kariega streets and the mayor is nowhere to be seen
Promises made in July have not been kept
News | 25 October 2023