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Asivikelane Community Facilitator Ludwe Qoshe was elected as Deputy Chair of the Knysna Water and Sanitation Community Forum. This forum serves as a mechanism for residents to raise concerns regarding water and sanitation services.

‘Context is Everything’: Permutations of Gender Mainstreaming in the Public Service. Pamela Masiko-Kambala, Director of Infrastructure Policy and Research at Western Cape Government, Department of Infrastructure writes about the new guidelines on gender mainstreaming in informal settlements. Asivikelane is at the heart of this.

Plumbing boost for Knysna informal settlement residents

‘People need toilets now!’ – Asivikelane Campaign

In this Good Hood Story, Development Action Group (DAG) and Asivikelane, are working with the local communities of Knysna’s informal settlements to provide sanitation services that are well maintained, accessible and safe, especially for women and children. With the support of the Knysna Municipality, this project is delivering basic services that is responsive to the needs of the communities’ residents.

Asivikelane partner Tshwane Leadership Foundation, Pastor Joel Mxolisi Mayephu, was interviewed on live television for Newzroom Afrika ahead of the council sitting to appoint yet another new mayor in the City of Tshwane. He speaks about how informal settlement residents are suffering due  to political instability.

Asivikelane Community leader Jabu Thela speaks to Newzroom Afrika about governance issues in Kwa-Thema, City of Ekurhuleni, after the metro was downgraded from three clean audits to an unqualified audit opinion.

Mangaung informal settlements without water and toilets.

Community clean-up initiative in Concordia West.

Publication: Social innovation as an approach to water delivery during the Covid-19 pandemic: case of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. Thesis for Master of Public Administration. Author: Takobe Tlale.

Asivikelane Senior Programme Officer Thando Mhlanga speaks to Madam Waste about the importance of service delivery in informal settlements and systematic changes.

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, waste was collected and removed from the dunes in Sedgefield.

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.

In this op-ed, Karen Jennings speak about hopeful projects such as Asivikelane which empowers citizens by engaging them in the collection of data in their informal settlements. Data is collated by IBP South Africa and publicised and sent to local municipalities.

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.

Community leader and activist at Asivikelane, Petunia Mabiza, tells African insider about the water issues in her community. Municipal water is trucked into Phomolong, but it’s often at times when people aren’t home. And sometimes the truck doesn’t come at all.

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.