Asivikelane service delivery impacts counter

Water

1403

SANITATION

1885

SOLID WASTE

2236

Infrastructure

240

SYSTEMS IMPACTS

RESIDENT IMPACTS

11739088

Since March 2020

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Budget Analysis

Budgets, Infrastructure

Mayors! Please make sure that your 2022/23 budgets have allocated enough for informal settlement taps and toilets

24 Mar 2022

Asivikelane reports that now is the time for mayors to budget adequately for repairs and maintenance of taps and toilets, since many informal settlement residents are still without water and sanitation.

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Budgets, Infrastructure, Sanitation, Solid Waste, Water

The first 100 days – what new local governments should focus on after the elections

10 Oct 2021

The first 100 days after elections are crucial. Asivikelane looks at what new municipalities should focus on to improve basic services in informal settlements.

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Summaries for Municipalities

Budgets, Infrastructure, Sanitation, Solid Waste, Water

Want to win the election? Fix informal settlements’ taps and toilets!

22 Sep 2021

10 million people live in informal settlements. Their services should be central to the campaign of every political party. Yet, while political parties campaign, informal settlement services stagnate and deteriorate.

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Summaries for Municipalities

Briefs & Reports, Budgets, Guides, Metro OBI

Metro OBI 2021

28 May 2021

The Metro Open Budget Survey (Metro OBS) is modelled on the global Open Budget Survey (OBS) initiated by the International Budget Partnership in 2006. The Metro OBS goes a level deeper by applying the OBS methodology to local government, and assesses the three pillars of budget accountability, namely transparency, public participation and oversight.

Budgets

Our Asivikelane partners made written submissions to the 2021/2022 Municipal Draft Budgets.

12 May 2021

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Budgets, Sanitation, Solid Waste, Water

Green shoots, but will metro budgets water them?

9 May 2021

On the surface Asivikelane traffic lights appear bad. But if you take the time to look closely, you will see many green shoots of service delivery improvement starting to sprout.

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Summaries for Municipalities

Budgets, Infrastructure

Maintain toilets to protect infrastructure and residents

28 Apr 2021

Most informal settlement residents reported having access to water, but sanitation remains a serious challenge. In addition to posing severe health risks, the lack of maintenance and cleaning of toilets could undermine municipalities’ infrastructure investment.

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Budgets, Sanitation, Solid Waste, Water

Metro budgets prevent toilet, tap and refuse removal traffic lights from turning green

26 Apr 2021

Asivikelane reports many examples of the delivery of new taps and toilets, repairs to these services, improved toilet cleaning and better waste collection in several communities. But overall the situation remains dire as not a single municipality scored a green light.

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Summaries for municipalities

Budgets, Infrastructure

Waiting for upgrading projects that do not deliver

24 Mar 2021

Asivikelane reports that upgrading projects are failing to deliver. Half of residents have been promised, but have not received, services.

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Budgets

No time for budget games

24 Feb 2021

Asivikelane reports that water, sanitation and refuse removal services in informal settlements have deteriorated all over the country in the last few months, with not a single green traffic light for metro service delivery.

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