water and sanitation

No end in sight for Vhembe’s water woes

News, Our Health

LIMPOPO - Despite the Vhembe District Municipality having reached an agreement with the Department of Water and Sanitation to settle their bulk water bill which now sits at R 300-million, the rural municipality is facing various additional problems.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
January 30, 2018

Hundreds of toilets for rural community in Limpopo

News

The provision of 400 toilets for the residents of Mavhunga village, outside Louis Trichard, has brought an end to years of struggle.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
January 9, 2018

Free State villagers battle ongoing water shortages

News, Our Health

Villages in Qwaqwa in the Free State, hit by drought in June 2015, are continuing to struggle severe water shortages.

Bontle Motsoeneng
August 18, 2016

Blind students back in school after toilet delivery

Determinants Of Health

After weeks of protests about broken toilets, students from Rivoni School for the Blind are back at their desks.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
June 1, 2016

Soweto students say college loos a stinking mess

Determinants Of Health, Health, Our Health

Male students at South Western Gauteng College’s Dobsonville campus say the technical school’s loos are a minefield of blocked toilets, stinking water and broken taps.

lungilethamela
April 28, 2015

Community cracks down on allegedly poor work on sewer upgrade

Our Health

Municipal inspectors and surveyors say they are not happy with work done to improve sewage systems in the North West communities of Lebaleng and Makwassie.

KagishoModise
April 10, 2015

Country braces for ‘looming drought’

Determinants Of Health, Health Systems, News

South Africa is facing a looming water shortage and experts warn we may not see it coming.

ayandamkhwanazi
March 20, 2015

Residents refuse to pay municipal bills as sewage seeps in yards

Determinants Of Health, Our Health

Residents of the Northern Cape’s Lorato Park have refused to pay municipal bils until raw sewage alledgedly flooding their yards is clearned up.

mpholekgetho
November 17, 2014

Braamfischerville sewage upgrade “60 percent complete”

Determinants Of Health, Our Health

Braamfischerville have welcomed the second phase in renovations set to improve waste management in the Soweto neighbourhood.

lungilethamela
November 6, 2014

Community unites to provide poor pensioner with toilet

Determinants Of Health, Our Health

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.

tshilidzituwani
October 24, 2014

Family lives side-by-side with raw sewage for years

Determinants Of Health, Our Health

Members of the Chaba family have become prisoners in their own home - trapped by years of raw sewage collecting in their East Rand yard.

jamesthabo
October 16, 2014

Protestors march for better school loos

Determinants Of Health, Health, Our Health

Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi recently met with protestors who recently took to the streets to protest poor sanitation in almost 600 schools.

lungilethamela
September 16, 2014

Mpumalanga residents suffer years of raw sewage spills

Determinants Of Health, Our Health

Residents of Emadamini, Extension 6 in Ermelo say they have had enough of the raw sewage that has been plaguing the area for years.

ntulis
August 13, 2014

Evicted residents still without services two years later

Determinants Of Health, Our Health

In 2012, Jouberton residents were evicted from what was allegedly municipal land. Two years, more than 500 households share just three water taps.

jobamatsheng
July 30, 2014

Informal settlement may have to move for water

Determinants Of Health, Our Health

Skaaprus informal settlement residents have battled for 25 years for clean water. Now, local government officials say there may be little they can do for them unless they move.

cynthiamaseko
May 15, 2014

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