Toilets in Uitenhage housing project were built three years before the houses and they no longer work
News | 4 July 2017
Commuters have been relieving themselves behind food stalls at Port Elizabeth’s Crossroad Taxi Rank
Brief | 27 June 2017
Roads barricaded in Pietermaritzburg following electricity and water disruptions
Brief | 20 June 2017
A drain that let off a stench of human waste since December has been fixed
Brief | 12 June 2017
A community that has built its own preschool needs government support
By Julia Chaskalson and Zinhl'Mbali Mdluli
News | 5 June 2017
“I know that the discarded food could be dangerous to the health of me and my child, but I don’t have an option.”
News | 30 May 2017
After nine months, the City has started to remove piles of garbage at the Philippi East informal settlement
Brief | 25 May 2017
Garbage has not been removed for nine months
News | 17 May 2017
Residents in East London say election promises were made to fix the problem
Brief | 17 May 2017
City says settlement is on private land and it cannot provide the service
News | 15 May 2017
“We want to see this fixed permanently so we can stay in a clean space where the children can play and people can access sanitation”
Brief | 12 May 2017
Still no water supply in spite of new reservoir
Brief | 10 May 2017
“We cannot open our doors and windows because the smell is too much”
News | 10 May 2017
“The infrastructure is now an eyesore and dilapidating.”
News | 26 April 2017
Some residents frantically run out in satin nighties determined to stop the truck so they can empty their bin for the week
Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Masixole Feni.
Photo Essay | 25 April 2017