Sanitation

Gugulethu’s filthy rat-infested canal

City says the road maintenance team only cleans the canal for stormwater purposes not to address illegal dumping

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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

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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

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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

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Brief | 24 January 2025

Protesters block N2 for hours at Grabouw

They demanded sanitation and water

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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

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Brief | 20 December 2024

Sewage stench lingers at Milnerton Lagoon

Years after the City of Cape Town was ordered to clean it up, the estuary is still polluted

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News | 13 December 2024

Life is tough in Tin Town

“When it is raining, we spend our nights standing up”

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Brief | 2 December 2024

School pit toilet nightmare solved thanks to civil society

Mampondo Primary School received 12 new aerobic sanitation system toilets

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Brief | 2 December 2024

Funza Park: from cherished playground to rubbish dump

Residents want the neglected playground in Harare, Khayelitsha, refurbished

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Brief | 2 December 2024

Waste is piling up and we don’t know enough to deal with it

The lack of accurate data could turn South Africa into a “wasteland”, says recycling organisation

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News | 26 November 2024

Khayelitsha residents up in arms over poor sanitation and “crumbling” homes

SANCO also wants the City of Cape Town and not national government to be responsible for helping fire victims

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Brief | 21 November 2024

Ministry confirms no restriction on amount of sewage Cape Town may pump out to sea

Clarity given after City’s claim that it is still limited by historic licence conditions

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News | 21 November 2024

Unemployed Tembisa men step in to clean filthy chemical toilets

Payment dispute between City of Ekhurhuleni and cleaning contractors has left several communities with dirty, smelly toilets

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News | 20 November 2024

800 families share two “illegal” taps

Mfuleni residents have also had to resort to digging holes to bury human waste

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Brief | 20 November 2024