Sanitation
Shack dwellers protest for City of Cape Town to clean filthy streets
They also want the City to use labour from their area
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 10 February 2022
The “Friendly City” is filthy
Only 11 of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s 36 refuse trucks are operational
Brief | 9 February 2022
City acts to clarify discrepancy in Rietvlei water quality tests
Tests conducted by Milnerton club contradict City’s tests that found high E. coli levels
News | 4 February 2022
Dumpsites finally cleared after reporter asks questions
Rubbish was piling up in Blackburn Village informal settlement north of Durban
Brief | 2 February 2022
Boat club questions City of Cape Town water quality tests
Independent tests of Rietvlei water contradict City’s results
By Liezl Human
News | 1 February 2022
In this township parents wear gumboots and carry their children through the sewage
Residents of Valencia in Addo say promises made in 2017 to fix the system were not kept
News | 31 January 2022
100 people, two ruined toilets, and “no-one cares”
Diepsloot residents say they’ve lost hope
By Chris Gilili
News | 27 January 2022
Families still without water as second pipe bursts in Cape Town township
Residents of New Beginning have to beg for water from neighbouring Bardale
By Vincent Lali
News | 26 January 2022
Blackburn Village toilets are broken and filthy
eThekwini Municipality says residents must stop throwing foreign objects into the system
News | 24 January 2022