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Asivikelane 12 Results: Metros could budget more for informal settlement services.
While national government reduced conditional grants to some metros, they all benefited from the R11 billion increase in equitable share funding in...
Asivikelane no.11 Results: The next Covid-19 wave will start in informal settlements.
Up to 45% of informal settlement residents contracted the coronavirus in the first wave. This is not surprising because they are sharing dirty taps...
Asivikelane 10 results: Clean taps and toilets will curb the spread of Covid-19 infections
Asivikelane has reported many persistent service delivery problems in informal settlements – some of which have yet not been addressed. This month we also asked residents whether anyone in their...
Asivikelane 9 results: Clean taps and toilets will curb the spread of Covid-19 infections
Asivikelane 9 shows that providing clean taps and toilets in informal settlements could be the most effective way of reducing Covid-19 infections. Informal settlements are hotspots for infection...
Asivikelane results no 8: Women are scared to use shared taps and toilets.
This week a new question about public lighting was added on the report with a focus on gender. Two thirds of Asivikelane participants are women and most of them say that there is not enough public...