Sanitation
Out of the black and into the red – Theewaterskloof municipality’s rapid decline
Rot set in straight after the 2021 local government elections
Feature | 18 June 2025
Sewage, garbage, dirty water: Theewaterskloof is in a mess after years of bad management
But the new municipal manager hopes to get things back on track
Feature | 17 June 2025
Pit toilets from the 1980s are still in use at this Eastern Cape school
Parents at Bhetshwana Primary, which has 200 learners, say the school has begged the education department for toilets for decades
Brief | 12 June 2025
Families were promised RDP homes. Instead they were left for 15 years without services
Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements says construction will happen later this year
News | 9 June 2025
2,000 households in Katlehong without electricity and clean toilets
Residents demand municipality fulfil its promises
Brief | 2 June 2025
City of eThekwini says refuse is collected in this settlement every Monday, but we saw no sign of a rubbish truck
Mounds of refuse line the road in Cato Crest
News | 29 May 2025
Cape Town highway blocked over access to water and toilets
People living along the N2 near Mfuleni want the City to include them in its budget
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 19 May 2025
Crime hits sanitation services in Khayelitsha
City of Cape Town teams can only come out when security is available
By Vincent Lali
News | 3 April 2025
Today is the deadline for ending pit latrines in schools. Here’s how government has done
Minister says 93% of identified pit toilets eradicated
By Liezl Human
News | 31 March 2025