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It is crucial not to overlook the Apies River as a potential contributor to the situation in Hammanskraal. (Facebook)

Cholera in the capital: the search for the source

Another national disaster looms as polluted Apies River may be the prime suspect behind the deadly Tshwane waterborne disease outbreak

Access to clean water saves lives – and money. (Photo: Mario Macilau)

Maputo, a city where it rains regularly but there are still water challenges

The Mozambican capital urgently needs adaptation strategies to deal with climate change-related issues

Across the country, 40% of residents in informal settlements indicated that they do not have access to taps and decent sanitation (toilets) at all.

Shocking service delivery in informal settlements

Broken taps and toilets are the last thing shack dwellers need in the midst of a pandemic

Alfred Gove is a trader who travels to Durban using taxis. “The toilets here are mostly dysfunctional, so you go in the street. It is embarrassing. The smell is so bad.” (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Durban, the city that forces the poor to defecate in the streets

Contemptuous municipal attitudes have compromised public sanitation in Durban forcing people into undignified, unhealthy and dangerous situations.

(Afolabi Sotunde, Reuters)

Only half of clinics and hospitals in this country meet basic hygiene standards

What if your doctor couldn’t even wash her hands before examining you?

Supporters of President Ismaïl Guelleh in 2010 in Djiobuti following Parliament’s approval of the constitutional amendment allowing him to run for a third term.

Kibera’s ‘flying toilets’ flushed out by peepoo bags

Peepoo bags and drop-off points give those living in Nairobi’s Kibera a hygienic and safe solution to dealing with human waste.

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.