BRIEF
19 July 2019
Gift of the Givers has built eight new toilets at the school
By Nompendulo Ngubane
NEWS
Sikiti informal settlement in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, was established over 20 years ago
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
12 July 2019
“They have been on the land the longest and they still don’t have flushing toilets”
By Zoë Postman
10 July 2019
Residents of an informal settlement opposite Maitland Cemetery believe the City has neglected them
By Tariro Washinyira
5 July 2019
Premier announces R192-million spend to fix sanitation infrastructure backlog at 100 schools
By Bernard Chiguvare
4 July 2019
“Half a loaf is better than nothing,” ward councillor says about the number of toilets to be shared by thousands
By Joseph Chirume
1 July 2019
“It’s like they forgot about us,” says resident in East London informal settlement
PHOTO ESSAY
Thousands in Khayelitsha informal settlement hope and wait for basic services
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Masixole Feni.
25 June 2019
Cash-strapped Msunduzi Municipality says it is now asking private businesses for help
24 June 2019
Vehicles torched and shack dwellers tear-gassed as Philippi East residents demand services from the City of Cape Town
By Velani Ludidi and Tariro Washinyira
21 June 2019
“Maybe the government has forgotten about Kliptown”
By Chris Gilili
19 June 2019
“We want to burn our tyres here so that these streets can look like the streets of Alexandra”
18 June 2019
Shackdwellers in Polar Park and Tyampolo, East London, are not even on housing waiting lists
14 June 2019
Nomaphelo Nomala says her only wish in life is to have her four-year-old daughter live with her
By Mary-Anne Gontsana
13 June 2019
Siyangena settlement without water and toilets after more than a year, raising flags about sanitation and safety
By Velani Ludidi
“These toilets don’t reflect a democratic South Africa”
