Residents of Silahliwe informal settlement outside Bethlehem share one working toilet for about every 900 people. According to local officials, securing access to water and sanitation may mean that about a third of the settlement’s residents will have to move.
Months after Ourhealth reported about longstanding illegal dumping sites flanking schools in Stinkwater outside Pretoria, the community has taken the problem into its own hands and started neighbourhood clean up campaigns.
Residents of the Northern Cape’s Lorato Park have refused to pay municipal bils until raw sewage alledgedly flooding their yards is clearned up.
Areas of Winterveld about 40 kms outside of Pretoria say they are tired of relying on municipal water trucks as Rand Water pipes remain dry.
Braamfischerville have welcomed the second phase in renovations set to improve waste management in the Soweto neighbourhood.
Residents of Mofolo, Soweto said the latest death of a child on the neighbourhood’s infamous Machaba Drive is the last straw.
Life is hardest for people living in the Eastern Cape’s Alfred Nzo district, where fewer than six out of 100 households have inside taps.
Recently, a burst pipe sent hundreds of litres of clean water flowing down storm drains in Mofolo, Soweto as residents went without.
Dorah Marothodi, her daughter and four grandchildren live off social grants. Recently, Soshanguve good Samaritans gave the Marothodi family something to smile about after fixing the family’s toilet.
Members of the Chaba family have become prisoners in their own home - trapped by years of raw sewage collecting in their East Rand yard.
Learners at one Vhembe schools are happy to report their school toilets are fixed following an OurHealth visit.
Residents of Emadamini Extension 6 in Ermelo say faulty sewers have finally been repaired following a visit by local Democratic Alliance (DA) representatives.
Donald Fraser Hospital recently went a without running water for a week after a pipe burst.
Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi recently met with protestors who recently took to the streets to protest poor sanitation in almost 600 schools.
Orlando West’s Mandela Sisulu Clinic near the Phefeni Railway Station has no working taps or toilets. Patients say conditions in the clinic named after the struggle stalwarts are disgusting.
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