More than 40% of Cape Town’s population is exposed to high or very high air pollution risk, according to a new UCT study that reveals sharp environmental inequalities across the…
Extreme heat is no longer a future problem. A major new report warns it is intensifying inequality, illness and climate vulnerability across Southern Africa and the worst-hit are…
South Africa may have attained political emancipation but economically the chains largely remain
The ANC’s coalition partners demand changes, citing the financial burden on residents
The groundbreaking sanitation technologies are specifically designed to address problems in these communities
When the municipality allocates its budget, it spends proportionally far more on the rich than the poor areas
On Monday, a security vehicle escorting the power utility’s workers into the area was hijacked
As households increasingly build in bricks and mortar within informal settlements, the face of these communities is changing
South Africa’s rural areas and informal settlements need the greatest protection against climate change
Can anything good come out emjondolo? Trevor Ngwane looks into how committees in informal settlements are updating the system for their survival
Climate projections show that the eThekwini metro will receive more rain by 2050 that could fall in brief periods
The eThekwini metro’s climate action plan lacks urgency and the state remains wedded to fossil fuels, mining, high-energy refining and smelting
Service delivery is about improving people’s lives, not expedient election promises
Women make up just 37% of our elected representatives, and gains in representation are slowly being eroded. This should concern us all
The municipality has accrued billions of rand in wasteful spending, and more than 6 000 putrid bucket toilets
Broken taps and toilets are the last thing shack dwellers need in the midst of a pandemic
Illegal occupations of unsuitable land coupled with heavy rains cause disruption of flood management systems
The women who run early childhood centres in informal settlements frequently go without salaries and let children attend free of charge
Gold made Johannesburg. Today, a lesser-known mineral shapes the lives of some of the city’s impoverished residents
A tech solution to fires in informal settlements comes with insurance that pays out the victims of these blazes
