Sanitation
Children at daycare centre live with leaking sewer
Port Alfred residents say problem reported to municipality five months ago
Brief | 7 March 2017
Toilet cleaners lack vaccinations and safety clothes in Philippi
Workers fear losing their jobs if they complain to management
News | 2 March 2017
Grandma under siege by garbage
80-year-old endures ten years of unbearable smells, flies and rubbish
News | 27 February 2017
Europe’s rubbish cleared in Nyanga
Mounds of garbage uncollected since December removed after residents agree to use City database
Brief | 22 February 2017
Masiphumelele residents march to Fish Hoek to demand better living conditions
Protesters call on municipality to provide electricity and sanitation to everyone living in the township’s informal settlement
News | 14 February 2017
Maggots in baby’s mouth as uncollected garbage piles up
A dispute over refuse removal services in early December has left the informal settlement of Europe near Nyanga with growing mounds of rubbish
News | 13 February 2017
PE municipality clears hazardous rubbish dumps
Garbage in Motherwell removed following GroundUp report
Brief | 3 February 2017
Sewerage water spilling out onto Port Alfred taxi rank
Drivers fed-up with municipality’s broken promises
Brief | 30 January 2017
Harare flood victims say state has abandoned them
Houses, toilets and school have have collapsed and residents fear homelessness and disease
News | 23 January 2017