Sanitation
City to fix filthy Khayelitsha toilets
The foul smell of stagnant sewage water and the sight of vandalised toilet seats covered in faeces are part of the daily lives of residents of PJS section in Khayelitsha who live close to the toilets.
Barbara Maregele
News | 30 May 2014
How South Africa is faring in the provision of free basic services
Many poor communities are still not getting adequate access to free basic services. This is despite the government’s set of policies aimed at helping municipalities to provide these services.
Koketso Moeti
News | 26 May 2014
Khayelitsha creche hoping for flush toilets at last
The founder of Suphumelela Day Care in Khayelitsha is hoping city officials will provide portable toilets for the creche children, who have been using buckets for a year.
Barbara Maregele
News | 22 May 2014
Govt develops new toilet technologies - but how much will they help?
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has launched an initiative to test new toilet technologies for South Africa’s rural areas.
Paul Kennedy
News | 21 May 2014
Risking their lives is a daily routine for Kossovo residents
The people of Kossovo exist on the margins of unguarded train tracks. Their children are at risk. A lack of service delivery and poor sanitation makes dire conditions worse.
Dudumalingani Mqomboti
Opinion | 14 May 2014
City boots refuse removal contractor
The removal of waste at informal settlements across Cape Town will soon be conducted by new contractors.
Barbara Maregele
Feature | 14 May 2014
Porta potties hit Bishopscourt
Following a campaign in Constantia earlier this week, the Ses’khona People’s Rights Movement took their protest against portable toilets to Bishopscourt today.
Johnnie Isaac and Nathan Geffen
Feature | 30 April 2014
South Africa’s water wars
Ma Gladys Mphepho hovers over a pot on a two plate cooker in her shack in Papamani, an informal settlement outside of Grahamstown. “We do not have dignity,” she says, stirring the rice, flavoured with beef stock, that is her family’s Sunday lunch. “We do not know what it means to have dignity. Forget about any question of dignity,” says Mphepho.
Mandy de Waal
News | 5 February 2014
Khayelitsha refuse collectors angry at working conditions
Since starting in November, some Khayelitsha refuse collectors say they still haven’t received uniforms or protective gear to wear while doing their jobs. Their employer says it is all lies.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 22 January 2014