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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Briefs & Reports, Water

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

11 Mar 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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Sanitation, Solid Waste, Water

The state of informal settlement service delivery in metros

6 Mar 2023

Asivikelane 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

Water saving tips for day zero in Nelson Mandela Bay

6 Nov 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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Sanitation, Solid Waste, Water

Which metros are delivering better services to informal settlement residents?

25 Aug 2022

Asivikelane releases the Asivikelane Service Delivery Index for the first time. The index compares service delivery across metros in one easy number. Ekurhuleni leads the way with a score of 83%, while both Mangaung (21%) and eThekwini (36%) fall far short of delivering the three essential services to informal settlement residents in their metros.

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Summaries for Municipalities

Water

Safe access to clean water in Knysna should not be hard to deliver

30 Jun 2022

Asivikelane 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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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

Water

How government can show that it cares

21 Jul 2021

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

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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, 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

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