This guide aims to provide a simplified yet comprehensive overview of law, policy and practice relating to basic sanitation in South Africa. The guide focuses on access to household sanitation by poor communities. It outlines the legislative and policy framework, relevant case law (Nokotyana and Beja cases specifically), government roles and responsibilities, and highlights key challenges faced by various departments and communities. For queries or to get hard copies of the guide, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

 

 

 

This resource guide provides a simplified yet comprehensive guide to policies, legislation, jurisprudence (case law) and practice in relation to urban housing in South Africa, hopefully useful to a wide audience that includes social movements, community-based organisations (CBOs), non-governmental organisations(NGOs), lawyers, development practitioners, planners, government officials, academics, scholars etc. For queries on the guide or for hard copies, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This guide has been developed for use by activists working on local government issues in South Africa. It sets out the legal responsibilities of local government in South Africa and rights under the Constitution and in law. It shows how to engage government from inside, by participating in formal processes, and from outside by going public through complaints, petitions, access to information requests, protest action, the media and the courts. For more information on the guide, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.