Sanitation
Raw sewage runs through Dunoon’s Ethembeni informal settlement
Residents say they have been living in these conditions for over a year
News | 27 August 2019
Endlovini residents burn rubble at councillor’s office
Protesters demand toilets and electricity
Brief | 26 August 2019
Army protects Eskom workers in Khayelitsha
“The army is here to intimidate us” says Qandu-qandu informal settlement resident
News | 22 August 2019
Residents say Peace Village is a “pigsty”
Raw sewage bubbles up in yards and runs in the streets of RDP housing project in Uitenhage
Brief | 22 August 2019
Endlovini residents demand to know why electrification of their shacks stopped
About 50 people demonstrated outside Port Elizabeth city hall demanding electricity, toilets and water
Brief | 20 August 2019
Shack dwellers raise their own funds for flood relief
“City doesn’t send officials to help residents whose shacks are flooded, so we made a decision to help ourselves,” says Marikana resident
By Vincent Lali
Photo Essay | 8 August 2019
Dangerous and full pit latrines replaced at Khokhwane Primary
Gift of the Givers has built eight new toilets at the school
Brief | 19 July 2019
The land is “unsuitable for habitation” says municipality, but thousands live on it
Sikiti informal settlement in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, was established over 20 years ago
News | 19 July 2019
Makhuluplaas farm labour tenants forgotten since 1991
“They have been on the land the longest and they still don’t have flushing toilets”
By Zoë Postman
News | 12 July 2019