Sanitation
Limpopo Education Department set to miss pit toilets deadline
Some Rivubye High School learners prefer to use bushes
By Thembi Siaga
News | 27 March 2025
Families charged R5 to use mobile toilets in Dunoon
Residents of informal settlement say they are forced to pay to use stolen toilets
Brief | 18 March 2025
Raw sewage is running into the Kruger park from Limpopo town
Phalaborwa residents lay criminal charges against local municipalities to try to end their sewerage problems
News | 13 March 2025
Gugulethu’s filthy rat-infested canal
City says the road maintenance team only cleans the canal for stormwater purposes not to address illegal dumping
Brief | 13 February 2025
400 Eastern Cape families dumped in wetland without services for 13 years
Dutywa residents were promised houses and told relocation was only temporary by Mbashe Local Municipality
News | 27 January 2025
Plagued by illegal dumping, residents clean up filthy suburb
Rubbish has not been collected for months in some parts of Wallacedene
Brief | 24 January 2025
900 families’ portable toilets not cleaned for over a month in Khayelitsha
City says community disputes over recruitment of workers disrupted the service
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 24 January 2025
Protesters block N2 for hours at Grabouw
They demanded sanitation and water
By Liezl Human
Brief | 15 January 2025
Cape Town neighbourhood is buried in rubbish
The City will use the public works programme to employ cleaners after a contractor withdrew due to extortion threats
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 20 December 2024