Mangaung informal settlements without water and toilets

Community clean-Up Initiative in Concordia West

13 May 2024

Thanks to assistance from The Asivikelane Initiative, the proactiveness of the Knysna Municipality Waste Department, and the efforts of Sedgefield’s councillors, all the waste collected was removed from the site before noon.

04 May 2024

SAFM Panel Discussion with Chumile Sali, IBP South Africa’s Senior Programme Officer, on Repairs and Maintenance of informal settlement services. SALGA was part of the panel.

26 April 2024

Coalition council in South African local government.

26 April 2024

Chumile Sali, IBP South Africa’s Senior Programme Officer, speaks on national television station, Newzroom Africa, about sanitation challenges in Buffalo City. Following the tragic incident of a three-year-old drowning in a creche pit toilet in one of the informal settlements of Mdantsane.

25 April 2024

Empowering informal settlements through the correct channels.

23 April 2024

Chumile Sali, IBP South Africa’s Senior Programme Officer, speaks on national radio station SAFM about sanitation challenges in Buffalo City. Following the tragic incident of a three-year-old drowning in a creche pit toilet in one of the informal settlements of Mdantsane.

16 April 2024

Asivikelane Community Facilitators from our partner Common Cause speak on community radio in Buffalo City.

12 April 2024

Asivikelane Community Facilitators from our partner St James Apostolic Faith Mission speak on “The Unmute” community radio programme in Mangaung.

27 March 2024

A (tough) love letter to the Open Movement

27 March 2024

Opening up about Open Government – many happy returns

11 March 2024

How can Africa’s urban majority reframe sustainability agendas?

01 March 2024

Senior Programme Officer, Chumile Sali, speaks about the upcoming budget speech and what it will mean for access to basic services for informal settlement residents.

11 January 2024

Cleaning up the clinics in Buffalo City

22 August 2023

Waterdal water woes: Hell on earth as farmers cave in.

15 August 2023

Residents in Waterdal, Emfuleni struggle to get water

12 August 2023

Residents struggle for water access for over three years

25 July 2023

An interview with Ludwe Qushoe at Development Action Group explaining the work done by Asivikelane Western Cape

13 July 2023

NYC’s New Budget Forces Transparency From Police, Other Agencies

4 July 2023

Was kann die EU gegen Ungleichheit tun? Beispiele aus Südafrika, Paraguay und Bangladesch

01 June 2023

Page 85 of the report mentions Asivikelane: “Here the Asivikelane initiative in South Africa provides a notable example: the initiative surveys residents of informal settlements across multiple cities, and publishes service level data in tandem with municipal budget data, to help advocate for improved accountability in municipal services and public finance.”

25 May 2023

Unstable coalitions are a stumbling block for local government service delivery. Mike Makwela speaks to SABC about this and the recent cholera outbreak.

20 May 2023

Mike Makwela at Planact speaks about service delivery issues.

19 May 2023

Service delivery is taking a back seat in Johannesburg due to political in-fighting. Mike Makwela, Senior Programme Coordinator at Planact South Africa speaks to #eNCA Courtesy #DStv403

11 May 2023

OPINION Piece by Planact: Riding the coalition wave: The service delivery challenge for Joburg’s residents.

21 March 2023

European Confederation of NGOs working on sustainable development and international cooperation report “What makes the difference for equality? Voices from South Africa, Paraguay and Bangladesh.”

22 February 2023

Petunia Mabuza, an Asivikelane Community Facilitator speaks about Asivikelane and service delivery in her community.

09 February 2023

As waste piles up and the stench intensifies, Tembisa residents threaten protest

23 January 2023

Johannesburg informal settlements wait a week for water. A contracting issue has delayed supply to over 40 informal settlements, says Joburg Water.

16 January 2023

Botshabelo Unemployed Movement interview on local Mangaung radio station about Asivikelane and service delivery.

05 January 2023

KwaNobuhle residents receive water containers. The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has handed over 100 water containers to the residents of KwaNobuhle outside Kariega. Dam levels in the region remain very low, while there’s been some concern over the high water usage.

20 December 2022

Mayor enters informal settlement WITHOUT protection

30 August 2022

Planact Asvikelane Community Facilitator Mpho speaks about service delivery in City of Ekurhuleni

30 August 2022

Charlton Ziervogel from SASDI Alliance talks about Asivikelane #30 Service Delivery index

30 August 2022

Asivikelane #30 Service Delivery Index: Ekurhuleni, Cape Town top list of services to informal settlements

07 July 2022

City of Cape Town has improved in providing water and clean toilets to informal settlements, report shows

27 June 2022

Marikana residents still in limbo

20 June 2022

Planact City of Tshwane on the radio

27 May 2022

Waterworks informal settlement residents say lack of service delivery in the area is a nightmare

26 May 2022

Phase 6 to monitor service delivery

15 May 2022

2021 The State of South African Cities Report

27 March 2022

Interview with Afeis-Corplan on Asivikelane #25 release

23 March 2022

Cemetery View residents begin rebuilding after fire decimates 400 shacks

21 March 2022

Asivikelane on EKFM

21 March 2022

Asivikelane on Kazie FM

21 March 2022

Asivikelane Activists talk about service delivery problems

01 March 2022

Asivikelane on Vuma FM

27 February 2022

Interview with Afesis-Corplan on Asivikelane