Sanitation crisis in Ramaphosa informal settlement dehumanises people – The Mail & Guardian

Sanitation crisis in Ramaphosa informal settlement dehumanises people – The Mail & Guardian

There is a sanitation crisis in the Ramaphosa informal settlement in Emfuleni, Vereeniging, Gauteng. On 20 May, Eyewitness News reported that residents were forced to use buckets and pit latrines to relieve themselves because the mobile toilets had not been cleaned for several months.  Frieda Veeris, who lives in Ramaphosa, expressed her dissatisfaction with the situation and told of the unbearable stench and the maggots in the toilet bowls. She…

Sanitation crisis grips malembo landing site as latrines fill up

One of the two toilets at Malembo fish landing site, it got filled up in January leaving communities in crisis. PHOTO URN Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 3,000 residents of Malembo landing site in Kyesiiga Sub-county, Masaka District, are living in fear due to worsening sanitation conditions, following the collapse of the area’s only two pit latrines. The community is grappling with open defecation and use of nearby bushes, as human …