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Asivikelane 18: The maintenance puzzle
Maintenance doesn’t help if there are no taps and toilets to start with. As Asivikelane has been reporting, many informal settlements across the...
How to get to green traffic lights in Ekurhuleni
Ekurhuleni has been the best performing metro since Asivikelane started a year ago. But even so, its traffic lights are not consistently green and...
Asivikelane Profiles: Informal settlement residents share how Asivikelane has impacted their lives
Asivikelane has conducted interviews with informal settlement residents in 13 municipalities. The purpose of these interviews was to find answers to the following questions since the inception of...
Waiting for upgrading projects that do not deliver
Asivikelane #15 results show that upgrading projects are failing to deliver. Half of residents have been promised, but failed to receive, access to services. Asivikelane has observed the following...
Press statement: Basic service provision for informal settlements deteriorate
Water, sanitation and refuse removal services in informal settlements have deteriorated all over the country in the last few months. As national Covid-19 relief funding to metros has run out and...