Sanitation

No money for C-section in East London

Two toilets for 200 people in Duncan Village, and the municipality “doesn’t have any funds” to fix or instal more

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Brief | 30 August 2018

Shack dwellers too scared to shit

Access to safe toilets is a daily struggle for Island informal settlement residents

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News | 17 August 2018

Former mayor promised us houses, say Nyanga residents

Shack dwellers in Lotus Park emergency housing say they have been waiting since 2003

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News | 15 August 2018

Pit latrines not serviced for decades in Pietermaritzburg

Councillor says provision of sanitation is “in the pipeline”

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Brief | 9 August 2018

Bureaucracy leaves Khayelitsha toilets uncleaned since last year

Because janitors don’t have inoculations residents live with shit

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News | 6 August 2018

Two toilets for dozens of residents in Khayelitsha

City says shacks in Enkanini will need to be relocated to make space for more toilets

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News | 3 August 2018

Rats and raw sewage part of daily life in Dunoon

City to spend R5 million to combat blocked drains in the area

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News | 1 August 2018

Rubbish piles up in East London

Duncan village may have to wait until next year for illegal dump sites to be cleared

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Brief | 30 July 2018

Durban residents will take to the streets if City doesn’t clean up its act

Municipality unresponsive on blocked and broken toilets in Siyathuthuka

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News | 24 July 2018

Living on the banks of a river of sewage

Open sewage flows past 100 RDP homes in Uitenhage

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Brief | 23 July 2018

“We can never vote while breathing human waste every day”

Sewer overflowing since last year say East London residents

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Brief | 23 July 2018

Rural school gets toilets thanks to private company

For years primary school children were forced to use an open field

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Brief | 20 July 2018

Hundreds share one working toilet in Khayelitsha neighbourhood

Shortage of inoculations prevents toilets from being serviced

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Brief | 19 July 2018

Community installs its own toilets after crowdfunded campaign

Construction of flushing toilets has begun, but the unresponsive Ekurhuleni municipality may spoil the project

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Brief | 17 July 2018

Playground for rats at Redhill informal settlement

Municipality dispatches rodent control team

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Brief | 13 July 2018

The worst toilets in Khayelitsha?

Residents in K2 say toilets haven’t been cleaned this year

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Brief | 13 July 2018