Sanitation
Is Zandvliet poisoning Capetonians?
A nearby community is convinced it is, but test results are inconclusive
Text by Daneel Knoetze. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Science | 1 February 2019
Activist leader Axolile Notywala arrested
Residents of informal settlements demand sanitation in protest aimed at Mayor Dan Plato
News | 31 January 2019
Protesters threaten to empty toilets onto road
Msunduzi municipality doesn’t listen, say residents
News | 30 January 2019
School gets toilets after GroundUp report
Pretoria company donates 16 dry toilets to Pietermaritzburg school
Brief | 30 January 2019
Holes for pit toilets but no toilets
Manzana villagers still waiting for last year’s promise to be kept
Brief | 28 January 2019
The daily struggle of living in a wheelchair in a shack
“The simplest things, like brushing your teeth, require work”
News | 14 December 2018
Backyarders complain of City’s incomplete toilet installation
“What’s the use – they give a toilet but it doesn’t work,” says Parkwood resident
News | 14 December 2018
Shack dwellers ask City to share cost of janitors
Toilets donated to community of Siyangena are kept clean by residents
News | 11 December 2018
Fire victims at Overcome Heights want electricity and water restored
It has been a month since a fire displaced 800 people
Brief | 3 December 2018