The wolf at the door
Eben Venter was raised on a sheep farm, which might add a frisson to his latest novel Wolf, Wolf.
SAHRC satisfied with progress on closing open toilets
The South African Human Rights Commission has expressed satisfaction with the enclosing of toilets in Rammulotsi, Free State.
Deep read: Minding our pees and queues
On World Toilet Day, we take a look at the state of public facilities, from the humblest latrines to the most opulent thrones.
Toilet solution in the pipeline
The City of Cape Town is committed to doing all it can to make Cape Town caring, safe and inclusive.
Sanitation plan goes down the drain in Khayelitsha
Cape Town is revising a pioneering programme that was meant to maintain and keep toilets clean and provide jobs.
Heidelberg: Even 'good' towns have bucket loos
Gauteng's second-best municipality seems to have a grip on things, but service delivery still falls short, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
Sanitisers score hand over fist
The popularity of saniters has as much to do with health as fashion and the jury is out over their efficacy, writes Laura Barton.
Dignity at last after public stink
Township toilets are being enclosed but municipalities lack a maintenance plan.
University works on multifunctional, desirable toilet
A team of chemical engineers at UKZN is hard at work trying to develop a high-tech, multi-use toilet that people in the developing world will want.
Toilet wars
There are no open toilets in Merafong municipality, mayor Papi Molokwane said, reacting to an allegation there were unenclosed toilets in Khutsong.
ANC mayor stood to profit from open toilets
A company co-controlled by the ANC mayor of a Free State municipality won the tender to build the toilets at the centre of a new political row.
Malema: Heads must roll for new open toilets fiasco
Somebody must take responsibility for the open toilets in the ANC's Viljoenskroon municipality in the Free State, says ANCYL president Julius Malema.
Filthy toilets a blight on Asian prosperity
Fast-growing Asian economies may be flush with money but filthy toilets remain a blight across the region despite rising standards of living.
In a state of denial
Basic service delivery can improve only when local government honestly addresses criticism about its own performance.
Khayelitsha toilet saga rumbles on
The toilets-without-walls saga in Makhaza, Khayelitsha, continued on Wednesday with the release of a report by the City of Cape Town.
Youth league leader a potty pooper
Cape Town mayor Dan Plato says an ANCYL official played integral part in installing toilets. The M&G quizzed him about the issue.
Beijing hopes to flush away toilet stigma
Beijing's notoriously foul-smelling and poorly tended public toilets will feature some rarely seen luxuries during the Olympics.
