Sanitation
Nelson Mandela Bay admits to “serious infrastructure problems”
Communities have been complaining of recurring blockages and overflowing sewage
Brief | 6 December 2019
At last! Toilets for Sidubi Poort Junior Secondary School
Lecturer read GroundUp story and contacted donors
Brief | 4 December 2019
Residents of Amalinda say they have been forgotten
500 households with no electrification, months without rubbish collection, only two taps and a dozen working toilets
Brief | 28 November 2019
Four working toilets for 500 families
Ward councillor blames residents for blocked toilets
News | 26 November 2019
Concern over unclean conditions at initiation schools
Forum launches initiation season in Nelson Mandela Bay claiming no deaths since 2016
Brief | 21 November 2019
PE street cleaners protest, demand backpay
They claim they weren’t paid for August
Brief | 15 November 2019
Western Cape government confronts City of Cape Town over “appalling unhygienic” conditions in Dunoon
City says it has “a service delivery obligation but is not itself the cause of the pollution”
News | 14 November 2019
Open manhole is an accident waiting to happen
A drain in Uitenhage has stood uncovered for two months, say residents
Brief | 13 November 2019
Makhanda High Court orders MEC to improve sanitation in school
Judgment follows six years of petitioning Department of Education for new toilets
News | 13 November 2019