Sowetan

Some areas highlighte­d as problemati­c

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tic tank sewer system. The system does not separate water from the faeces and the tanks fill up quickly. With the lack of a maintenanc­e plan from the municipali­ty, waste becomes a breeding ground for diseases. North West:

One thousand residents of Popo Molefe informal settlement in Madibeng near Brits share six mobile toilets which are cleaned only twice a week.

At Shamburg, Mahikeng, 1 950 households share eight chemical toilets. Western Cape:

In Knysna ’ s Khayalethu township, 4 436 households have no access to sanitation.

There are unenclosed toilets in Delft. Eastern Cape:

Residents of Duncan Village, near East London, use the bucket toilet system when the formal sanitation system fails.

At Mnquma local municipali­ty, a project that was headed by Mvula Trust did not finish its work and residents are without toilets. Northern Cape:

In the Joe Morolong local municipali­ty, poor material is used for sanitation facilities and this results in high maintenanc­e.

In the Kareenberg municipali­ty, toilets were built on rocky land and filled up within three months, forcing residents to revert to the bucket system. Mpumalanga:

In Msholozi informal settlement in Mbombela, the majority of residents were evicted from farms. An estimated population of 8 000 to 10 000 still use the veld to relieve themselves. KwaZulu-Natal:

Informal settlement­s such as Bester and Quarry Road still need toilets because residents use fly toilets and open veld defecation. Free State:

In Viljoenskr­oon, some residents were provided with sanitation facilities and it is viewed that such allocation was done without a needs analysis and some households ended up with two flushing toilets.

Residents demolished their waterborne toilets inside their houses in the Moqhaka municipali­ty to provide more space in their RDP houses.

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