Sanitation
Cape storm leaves hundreds without “toilets”
“Flood victims now shit in buckets inside their shacks and empty them into the dam. I do the same.”
By Vincent Lali
News | 13 July 2020
In photos: Storm causes flooding in Cape Town
The City’s Disaster Risk Management says flood kits, sand and milling will be provided to affected informal settlements
By Peter Luhanga and Buziwe Nocuze
Photo Essay | 10 July 2020
Dunoon’s potholed sewage-filled roads
City says it cannot maintain the streets due to continued unrest and threats to contractors
Brief | 9 July 2020
Shack with a swimming pool and Table Mountain view
But Viziyalo Madola’s community still shares just one toilet
News | 7 July 2020
104-year-old woman now has a choice of toilets
Following our report, Elisa Khumalo now has two toilets: one from government, one donated by a private company
By Teboho Moloi
Brief | 6 July 2020
Vandalism during lockdown drains Motherwell school’s budget
Parents have started patrolling the grounds to scare off vandals
Brief | 29 June 2020
104-year-old woman has to go to the toilet in the open
Elisa Khumalo has watched as other people in the area get new toilets but not her
By Teboho Moloi
Brief | 24 June 2020
“Commuters have to urinate in the open,” says PE taxi driver
Taxi rank public toilets badly vandalised last year have remained closed
Brief | 24 June 2020
Sophiatown residents’ 20-year battle for services and housing
City says it can’t provide services on land it does not own
News | 24 June 2020