2 days ago
QUICK READ: Ekurhuleni's 45 000 abandoned toilet crisis - City Press investigation summary
Tebogo Letsie
'Sometimes, I have to wait for my neighbour to wake up because people lock their toilets so that the community doesn't misuse them. You can't be knocking on someone's door in the middle of the night,' laments Xolani Mokoena, resident of Madela in Ekurhuleni.
Key point
45 000 toilets abandoned in Ekurhuleni informal settlements, forcing residents to share maggot-infested facilities.
Officials demand R50 per toilet allocation and R10 per cleaning service as kickbacks, contractors claim.
Municipal auditor Mpho Mafole was murdered in June while investigating R1.8 billion toilet contracts.
