Sanitation
Rubbish in Delft overwhelms City of Cape Town response
City says it spends R300-million a year cleaning up illegal dumps but can’t make headway without community support
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 30 June 2023
Under water for two weeks: Cape Town’s Covid informal settlement
Residents fear disease could break out from the human waste in the water
News | 26 June 2023
Families here relieve themselves in plastic bags which they throw into the drains
In Lusaka informal settlement in Cape Town there are not enough toilets, drains are blocked, and there is a terrible stench
By Chris Gilili
News | 22 June 2023
Shack dwellers protest in support of Nelson Mandela Bay’s DA mayor
Mayor delivered over 300 chemical toilets that are cleaned every second day, a protester tells ANC representatives. “All you want to do is loot,” says another.
News | 25 May 2023
Amathole villagers drink from the river while new contractor for water project appointed
Municipality takes over drinking water project meant to have been completed last year
News | 23 May 2023
“Using the bucket is better than risking your life trying to go to the neighbour’s toilet” says Durban resident
The DA in KZN is writing to the Human Rights Commission about old and overflowing pit toilets in the community
News | 19 May 2023
Over 500 people share two communal taps in Diepsloot
“It’s unbearable living in Diepsloot. We are living like animals,” says mother of two
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 15 May 2023
Vital court battle over what kinds of toilets the state must provide
Ekurhuleni community wants unsafe and unhygienic chemical toilets replaced with flushing ones
Law | 12 May 2023
We have to buy water for R300 a month, say families in Mpumalanga villages
Residents say they’ve been without consistent water supply for three years
News | 3 May 2023