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[Press Release] Asivikelane voices of informal settlement during the covid-19 crisis
This week started with media reports that some informal settlements are now part of the list of Covid-19 hotspots. Like we have done in the last two...
Asivikelane: Week 6 Results
This week's results show wonderful progress in some metros, like eThekwini becoming the first metro to reach an orange light for...
Asivikelane brief 1: Basic sanitation and Covid-19 in the city of Johannesburg 9
Over half a million of Johannesburg’s 5.8 million people live in 181 informal settlements. The number of Covid-19 cases in the City increased rapidly from 971 on 6 May 2020 to 1,153 on 15 May 2020,...
Informal settlements should actively participate in local government
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought into question the future direction in local government systems and practices. Specifically, it has presented an opportunity to reassess the participation of...
Asivikelane campaign gives a voice to those living in informal settlement
About a week ago a municipal official contacted one of the partners of the Asivikelane network trying to find out why his municipality had still not been given the green light in our bi-weekly...