Riverside informal settlement is built on a floodplain, says City of Cape Town, so services can't be provided At the edge of the neat pavements and duplex homes of Pioneer Valley estate in Parklands ...

Austerity measures are crippling South Africa's education system, resulting in overcrowded classrooms and unsafe conditions ...

In addition to the country’s epic natural beauty and vibrant cities, travel writer Katie Jackson, who suffers from Crohn’s disease, loves it for its gut-friendly food, clean rest stops, and access to ...

As a result, residents must often rely on less desirable options, such as portable or communal toilets, or open defecation. The limitations of a one-size-fits-all approach in meeting basic ...

South Africa’s growing crisis with mafia-style extortion rackets has hit a new target, with criminals locking down public taps and toilets in informal settlements, demanding payment for their use.

Contractors responsible for managing the portable toilets of several informal settlements ... on Monday sent a delegation to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to hand over a ...

The portable toilets of nearly 900 families in Ndlovini ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from over ...

Some areas have portable toilets located more than 30m from residents ... with 2.1% of the 17.8 million households in South Africa relying on buckets for ablutions. According to census data, the ...

The eThekwini municipality is paying a private company about R250 000 a month for a dozen overflowing toilets and useless showers at two homeless shelters. The portable toilets and showers were ...

Andile Buka for The New York Times Supported by By John Eligon John Eligon is the Johannesburg bureau chief for The Times, covering countries in southern Africa. The campaign to keep the African ...