Sanitation
“My house smells like a toilet”
City of Cape Town’s janitorial programme has left Siyahlala and other informal settlements unserviced for over a year
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 24 September 2018
Community stops sewage project for its schools
Pietermaritzburg residents say they want houses to get priority
Brief | 19 September 2018
110 families in Mfuleni have no taps, toilets, electricity or even rubbish bin bags
“Government never told us where we should live after we had to move out”
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 September 2018
Women don’t want men using their toilets at taxi rank
Men’s toilet at Uitenhage taxi rank and bus terminus closed for months
Brief | 17 September 2018
Dumpsite workers go on strike in Pietermaritzburg
Rubbish trucks dump garbage at entrance
Brief | 13 September 2018
Hostel has one toilet for 39 households
“We are being undermined because we are staying in a hostel”
Brief | 13 September 2018
No money for C-section in East London
Two toilets for 200 people in Duncan Village, and the municipality “doesn’t have any funds” to fix or instal more
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 30 August 2018
Shack dwellers too scared to shit
Access to safe toilets is a daily struggle for Island informal settlement residents
By Vincent Lali
News | 17 August 2018
Former mayor promised us houses, say Nyanga residents
Shack dwellers in Lotus Park emergency housing say they have been waiting since 2003
News | 15 August 2018