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June 2026: Managing temporary sanitation in informal settlements: Lessons from Asivikelane
May 2026: Asivikelane annual impacts report
Asivikelane aims to connect residents and government by building relationships. Our hubs bring together various groups – including reformers, donors, communities, private companies, and auditors – to tackle service delivery challenges in cities. We take a look at last year’s impact and showcase our contributions to improved access to safe drinking water, dignified sanitation, and regular refuse removal. Read the full report here.
May 2026: It is budget season across South Africa
Metros have released their draft budgets and Integrated Development Plans for the 2026/27 financial year, and these documents are currently open for public comment. Asivikelane residents are actively participating in the public participation sessions and we are submitting written inputs. Our submissions emphasize the urgent need for increased allocations to basic services in informal settlements. You can find all our submissions here.
March 2026: A Community Waste Guide
We developed a practical guide to help communities transform waste challenges into opportunities. The guide demonstrates how sorting, recycling, and composting waste can contribute to cleaner and healthier neighborhoods. It includes step‑by‑step project plans, examples of waste mapping, and lists of recycling companies. This resource is designed to support anyone committed to improving their community’s environment. Download the guide here.
January 2026: How to improve solid waste management in informal settlements
Asivikelane worked with informal settlement residents to create a framework to improve solid waste management. These practical building blocks can help municipalities and communities to work together to improve recycling, composting and waste minimisation. Read the framework here.
December 2025: How does Asivikelane calculate our impact?
Assessing impact in informal settlements can be challenging due to high population mobility and overlapping interventions make it difficult to attribute outcomes to a single intervention. Understanding our approach is essential to our own accountability and learning, and also strengthens our advocacy for improved basic services in informal settlements. We published our methodology around how we calculate our impact, read the full brief here.
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Yesterday was a huge success 💪
World Environment Day with Asivikelane + Social Employment Fund + EPWP teams = mission accomplished 🙌
The informal settlements showed up for clean-up campaigns.
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