Asivikelane service delivery impacts counter

Water

1090

SANITATION

1492

REFUSE REMOVAL

1602

Infrastructure

SYSTEMS IMPACTS

RESIDENTS IMPACTED

766101

Since March 2020

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Water

Briefs & Reports, Water

Asivikelane comments on government’s proposed compulsory water & sanitation norms

11 March 2024

Asivikelane submitted recommendations and comments on the government’s proposed 2024 water and sanitation norms and standards. We found that such standards can often be met without allocating significant additional funding. Better use of existing funds often does the trick! Read our full submission to find out more.

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National Releases, Refuse Removal, Releases, Sanitation, Water

Asivikelane #35: The state of informal settlement service delivery in metros

6 March 2023

Asivikelane #35 Data exposes the hot spots where basic services need attention, and celebrates the good news where services have improved.

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Guides, Water

Day Zero

6 November 2022

Asivikelane created a save water poster for the residents in Nelson Mandela Bay who are facing a severe drought. These water saving tips can be used by everyone.

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Releases, Water, Western Cape

Asivikelane Western Cape #3: Knysna and Stellenbosch – Knysna Safe access to clean water should not be hard to deliver

30 June 2022

This month, Asivikelane Western Cape focuses on water access and quality in Knysna and Stellenbosch informal settlements. Residents share more about these issues and offer suggestions for what the municipalities can do about it.

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Download the data for Knysna

Download the Stellenbosch PDF

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Budget Analysis, Infrastructure, National Releases, Refuse Removal, Sanitation, Water

Asivikelane #21: Want to win the election? Fix informal settlements’ taps and toilets!

22 September 2021

Asivikelane #21: 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

National Releases, Releases, Water

Asivikelane #19: How government can show that it cares

21 July 2021

Having restored peace and calm after last week’s events, government must work to restore the peoples’ trust. Asivikelane #19 outlines some recommendations on how they can do so.

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Budget Analysis, National Releases, Refuse Removal, Releases, Sanitation, Water

Asivikelane #17: Green shoots, but will Metro budgets water them?

9 May 2021

On the surface Asivikelane #17 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

Budget Analysis, National Releases, Refuse Removal, Releases, Sanitation, Water

Asivikelane #16: Metro budgets prevent toilet, tap and refuse removal traffic lights from turning green

26 April 2021

Asivikelane #16 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

Briefs & Reports, Water

Brief 6: water services provided to informal settlements in Emalahleni local municipality

6 December 2020

Planact and IBP South Africa conducted a community monitoring exercise in which we compared the information in the water schedule with the experiences of the residents in the settlements.

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Budget Analysis, National Releases, Refuse Removal, Releases, Sanitation, Water

Asivikelane #13: What municipalities should do in 2021

13 November 2020

Metros: As 2020 comes to a close, release #13 focused on what municipalities and the Asivikelane campaign should do in 2021.
Non-Metros: In release #13, some municipalities have responded, but access to water and sanitation remains limited.

Download the Metro PDF

Download the Non-Metro PDF

Download the data for metros and non-metros

Asivikelane comments on government’s proposed compulsory water & sanitation norms

Asivikelane submitted recommendations and comments on the government’s proposed 2024 water and sanitation norms and standards. We found that such standards can often be met

Asivikelane #35: The state of informal settlement service delivery in metros

Asivikelane #35 Data exposes the hot spots where basic services need attention, and celebrates the good news where services have improved.

Day Zero

Asivikelane created a save water poster for the residents in Nelson Mandela Bay who are facing a severe drought. These water saving tips can be

Asivikelane Western Cape #3: Knysna and Stellenbosch – Knysna Safe access to clean water should not be hard to deliver

This month, Asivikelane Western Cape focuses on water access and quality in Knysna and Stellenbosch informal settlements. Residents share more about these issues and offer

Asivikelane #21: Want to win the election? Fix informal settlements’ taps and toilets!

Asivikelane #21: 10 million people live in informal settlements. Their services should be central to the campaign of every political party. Yet, while political parties campaign,

Asivikelane #19: How government can show that it cares

Having restored peace and calm after last week’s events, government must work to restore the peoples’ trust. Asivikelane #19 outlines some recommendations on how they can

Asivikelane #17: Green shoots, but will Metro budgets water them?

On the surface Asivikelane #17 traffic lights appear bad. But if you take the time to look closely, you will see many green shoots of service

Asivikelane #16: Metro budgets prevent toilet, tap and refuse removal traffic lights from turning green

Asivikelane #16 reports many examples of the delivery of new taps and toilets, repairs to these services, improved toilet cleaning and better waste collection in

Brief 6: water services provided to informal settlements in Emalahleni local municipality

Planact and IBP South Africa conducted a community monitoring exercise in which we compared the information in the water schedule with the experiences of the

Asivikelane #13: What municipalities should do in 2021

Metros: As 2020 comes to a close, release #13 focused on what municipalities and the Asivikelane campaign should do in 2021.Non-Metros: In release #13, some municipalities

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