World toilet day was commemorated recently, but for thousands of people in rural and even urban areas in the Eastern Cape this day holds no meaning. Many resort to do-it-yourself facilities, inadequate and dangerous stop gap measures. Thousands of...
The City of Cape Town may be dealing with numerous water challenges but against all odds it has managed to make the provision of sanitation a priority. The City’s MMC for Informal Settlements, Water and Waste Services and Energy, Xanthea Limberg,...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says towns under the Setsoto Local Municipality will no longer be forced to deal with overflowing sewerage running through the streets. This is because its construction unit, based in Standerton, is in the...
As people around the globe commemorated World Toilet Day 2018, South Africans were reminded of the dire sanitation situation facing schools across the country. For learners from nearly 4Â 000 South African schools answering natures call is not...
As World Toilet Day was celebrated around the globe, South Africans were met with the shocking realisation that more people have access to cellphones in the country than toilets. According to the latest figures from Statistics South Africa (Stats...
New ways of managing waste are being tested in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal under grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s: Reinvent the Toilet Challenge. Gates made the announcement in one of his latest gatesnotes videos where he discusses the...
There are few things Bill Gates likes to talk about more than sanitation which is why it comes as no surprise that he has set out on a quest to reinvent the toilet in a bid to help the poorest of the poor. In one of his latest gatesnotes videos...
While access to adequate sanitation is a basic human right millions of people around the world still practise open defecation. This is particularly shocking when you consider the impact that exposure to human faeces has on public health, living and...
The issue of municipal debt to water boards must be addressed more aggressively by all stakeholders. This was the sentiment of the Department of Water and Sanitation call at a joint sitting of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation...
The Ekurhuleni municipality is hoping to address the issue of illegal dumping in two areas by opening up additional disposal sites. The City recently unveiled two mini disposal sites, which cost R3.3 million, in Leondale and Vosloorus recently to...
