Sanitation
Municipality spurns Addo residents’ call for upgrades
There are no public toilets and the roads are ridden with potholes
News | 15 December 2017
City promises Mfuleni shack dwellers toilets and electricity in 2018
45 families in Ligwa beg to use neighbours’ toilets
By Vincent Lali
News | 1 December 2017
Day 11: Court hears of witness to Michael Komape’s death
Boy who drowned in toilet could have been found sooner
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 28 November 2017
Day 10: Calls for help from Michael Komape’s school unanswered for years
Former principal’s testimony supports the family’s claim against the state
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 27 November 2017
Day 9: State offered a pauper’s burial for Michael Komape
Department of Education contests that it could have fixed dilapidated toilets
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 23 November 2017
Stink-up at Cape Flats school
“My stomach turns and I feel as if I’m about to vomit”
By Vincent Lali
News | 23 November 2017
Day 8: Education department had funds to fix toilet in which Michael Komape drowned
Expert witness gives damning testimony against Limpopo government
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 22 November 2017
uMlazi swamped by rubbish and sewage
Residents accuse municipality of neglect, while councillor says residents must clean their own mess
News | 22 November 2017
Day 7: Limpopo education department a “quagmire” of maladministration
“We drew attention to life-threatening situations in schools … it is not good enough to say there is no budget.”
By Ciaran Ryan
News | 21 November 2017