Sanitation
Meet the people who collect our garbage
Some residents frantically run out in satin nighties determined to stop the truck so they can empty their bin for the week
Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Masixole Feni.
Photo Essay | 25 April 2017
No cleaning materials or protective clothing for Duncan Village janitors
Workers use their salaries to buy cleaning products
News | 21 April 2017
Gugulethu toilet cleaning jobs dispute resolved
Services resume as new contracts signed
Brief | 19 April 2017
The taxi driver who keeps his own street clean
Dunoon resident Yamkela Ncume has taken it upon himself to clear up refuse
News | 18 April 2017
Toilets overflow as Buffalo City municipality fails to ensure tender is implemented
“It is sad the municipality does not care about us”
News | 13 April 2017
Port Alfred municipality breaks promises on toilets
Spokesperson claims not to know about broken taxi rank toilets reported in January
News | 6 April 2017
Battle for toilet cleaning jobs in Gugulethu
Residents stop janitors emptying toilets in protest
News | 29 March 2017
PE families live with burst sewer pipe for three years
Municipality fails to keep promises
News | 28 March 2017
Our toilets haven’t worked for four years, say Mbekweni shack dwellers
Municipality blames vandalism for broken toilets
News | 10 March 2017