Sanitation
500 families wait for drains to be emptied
Pietermaritzburg municipality admits to maintenance problem
News | 1 March 2019
Wastewater audit missing as countrywide water shortage looms
After reports were sent to cabinet, water test results have not been released for five years
Feature | 25 February 2019
Toilets overflow and taps run dry in Enkanini
Residents vow to continue protesting until the problem is fixed
By Vincent Lali
News | 21 February 2019
City fails to publish water quality tests for two years
Public cannot assess effects of sewage disposal in sea
News | 11 February 2019
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