Sanitation
Diarrhoea cases in children surge in Cape Town
This spike comes after several years of improvement. A public health expert is worried that sewage spills might be the cause
Feature | 6 May 2022
Fifty families share two toilets in Taiwan, Khayelitsha
Toilets have not been cleaned for five weeks
Brief | 26 April 2022
Mfuleni families left to use the canal as a toilet
Chemical toilets fill up, flush toilets are blocked
News | 19 April 2022
Trapped in a waterlogged shack with her children during Durban floods
Mother recalls desperate moments
News | 13 April 2022
“My dog gets water every day but these people get it every second week,” says ward councillor
Gqeberha shack dwellers shut down R75 on Wednesday morning, demanding more services
Brief | 13 April 2022
Diepsloot business owners take on Gauteng Premier
New Act to invigorate the township economy won’t make a difference if basic services are not improved, business owners tell David Makhura
By Chris Gilili
News | 13 April 2022
Volunteers tackle Langa’s illegal dumps
”We need to take care of our environment”
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 7 April 2022
Unemployed women turn rubbish dump into netball field for young girls
Nelson Mandela Bay municipality says the project is in line with its plan to change illegal dumping sites into parks and outdoor gyms
Brief | 1 April 2022
In Fort Beaufort the children eat fish caught next to the sewage pipe
Angry residents march to municipality demanding clean water, proper sanitation and electricity
News | 29 March 2022