Maggots, flies and bags of faeces await residents of Dunoon's Site 5 settlement in Cape Town every day as a new portable toilet contractor battles to start work | itchybyte
Those who can, walk to a local shop to use the toilet - but, without regular running water at the shop, this is not hygienic either.
They said the contract of one company, Mshengu Toilet Hire, had run its course, and residents were not happy about the new company, Sanitech, which the City of Cape Town appointed because of alleged poor service by Mshengu Toilet Hire.They added that the veracity of signatures on a petition they submitted to the City was also questioned. When they applied for a permit to protest, they did not get a reply, so some people put faeces on the nearby N7 national highway.
Dunoon is part of a fast-growing region near Blouberg, Parklands and Table View in Cape Town, with new shacks being built regularly to accommodate the growing demand for cheaper accommodation, including on land already earmarked for housing or infrastructure upgrades. The container had to be removed via the flap and taken to the closest point to the trucks where they were emptied, cleaned and refilled with water and put back into the back of the portable toilet structure.Since the dispute by residents over the contract, Sanitech had also not been able to clean toilets. Also, in the past, staff were attacked and threatened.
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