Sanitation
Sewage on the seashore: Here’s what’s causing Cape Town’s beach closures
Loadshedding at pump stations blamed for most closures
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
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”
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
News | 1 December 2022
Dunoon suit salesman becomes successful bin cleaner
Siyanda Nohashe is making a business out of servicing rubbish bins
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
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
Video | 22 November 2022
Gqeberha protesters block roads after toilet cleaning company downs tools
Govan Mbeki Village residents say the municipality has not paid the cleaning company
Brief | 21 November 2022
eThekwini flooded with sewage due to treatment plant failures
Experts and political parties have accused the municipality of minimising the enormity of the sewage pollution
By Benita Enoch
News | 11 November 2022