Sanitation
Makana municipality insists these toilets have been fixed and are in use. But there’s a padlock on the gate
Taxi drivers, commuters, and vendors complain
News | 11 August 2021
Families living in filth in abandoned building
Gugulethu ward councillor acknowledges building is falling apart but can’t help occupants because it’s privately owned
News | 5 August 2021
Homeless people and traders in Nelson Mandela Bay take over cleaning public toilets
They charge the public R2 to use the toilets
Brief | 29 July 2021
Khayelitsha’s toilets choked with filth despite mayor’s promise to clean up
A month ago the Cape Town mayor promised the toilets in Site B would be fixed up. This week he promised again.
By Vincent Lali
News | 16 July 2021
Garbage collection resumes in Khayelitsha after weeks of rubbish piling up
A tender appeal interrupted garbage collection for over two weeks
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 15 July 2021
Alexandra was already “a ticking time-bomb” says SAHRC report
As protest returns to Alexandra, activists say nothing has changed after 2019 protests
News | 13 July 2021
Rubbish collection stopped by garbage collectors demanding permanent jobs in Kariega
The workers say they were employed as casuals from 2018 until June 2021
Brief | 9 July 2021
“Mice, cockroaches, mosquitos and flies were attracted to the dumping site”
eThekwini Municipality warns of fines of up to R5,000 for illegal dumping
Brief | 9 July 2021
Filthy water killed my chickens, says Khayelitsha protester
Shack dwellers demand the nearby sewage pump station be fixed
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 6 July 2021