Sanitation
HRC: Cape Town’s chemical toilets violate human rights
The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has found that the City of Cape Town's roll out of chemical toilets unfairly discriminates against “black African” people, and violates the rights to basic sanitation and dignity of informal settlement residents.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 16 July 2014
Teachers, students and parents demand toilets and libraries for schools
“Our school has four pit-toilets, two for the boys and two for the girls”, Yonela Jumba says. “These toilets are also used by the teachers.”
Koketso Moeti
News | 16 July 2014
Judgment next week in Ses’khona case
Judgment will be delivered on 18 July in the case of Andile Lili and six others charged after the “poo protests” in the city in June 2013.
Pharie Sefali
Brief | 11 July 2014
Andile Lili sets sights on 2016 elections
Former mountain guide, expelled city councillor, leader of the Ses'khona People's Movement: who is Andile Lili? Pharie Sefali and Alide Dasnois spoke to Cape Town’s best known “poo fighter”.
Pharie Sefali and Alide Dasnois
News | 11 July 2014
Open letter to the Social Justice Coalition
Counsellor Ernest Sonnenberg has written an open letter to Phumeza Mlungwana, General Secretary of the Social Justice Coalition (SJC). This follows the report published by GroundUp on the SJC's toilet mapping initiative.
Ernest Sonnenberg
Opinion | 10 July 2014
Project to map Khayelitsha’s toilets could improve sanitation
Two organisations have teamed up to map public flush toilet locations in Khayelitsha. They will launch an interactive website and phone-based reporting system to improve efficiency in toilet maintenance.
Michelle Korte
News | 8 July 2014
City delays providing toilets to creche
Educators at the Suphemelela Day Care in Khayelitsha where children have been using buckets as toilets, say they are still waiting for flush toilets promised to them by the City of Cape Town more than a month ago.
Barbara Maregele
News | 2 July 2014
Three infants die from polluted water in Northwest: Justice must be done
In early April 2014, violent service delivery protests erupted at Boitumelong at Bloemhof in Northwest. Residents, accusing Lekwa Teemane municipality councillors of corruption, maladministration and nepotism, torched the house of the mayor and demanded the municipality to be disbanded.
Melissa Fourie
Analysis | 9 June 2014
Sewage from blocked Khayelitsha toilets overflows into family’s yard
A Khayelitsha mother fears her children’s health is at risk as the sewage from the newly installed toilets metres from her home constantly overflows into her yard.
Barbara Maregele
News | 2 June 2014