Sanitation

City of Tshwane not coping with refuse removal, say residents

Refuse collection in Ga-Rankuwa is infrequent and illegal dumps are multiplying

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News | 23 January 2023

Poo protest in Gqeberha

Nearly 600 households, sharing ten toilets in Govan Mbeki Village, say the facilities have not been cleaned since before Christmas

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News | 19 January 2023

Sewage on the seashore: Here’s what’s causing Cape Town’s beach closures

Loadshedding at pump stations blamed for most closures

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News | 13 January 2023

City withdraws workers after crew robbed yet again in Philippi

Workers will only return when being escorted by “already overstretched” law enforcement officers

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Brief | 12 January 2023

Rubbish hasn’t been collected for weeks in parts of Gqeberha

“We couldn’t enjoy Christmas lunch under these smelly conditions”

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News | 10 January 2023

Is Cape Town’s mayor winning the war on sewage?

Cape Town still has a sewage pollution crisis, but the mayor is “on the right track”, says expert

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News | 1 December 2022

Dunoon suit salesman becomes successful bin cleaner

Siyanda Nohashe is making a business out of servicing rubbish bins

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Brief | 30 November 2022

30 things the City has done to clean up Cape Town’s vleis, rivers and wetlands

All water quality test results are now available to the public online

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Opinion | 22 November 2022

Turning Soweto’s rubbish into income

Lebogang Parkie and his friends have persevered despite a terrible attempt to derail their business

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Video | 22 November 2022