There are too few toilets in Africa and it’s a public health hazard – how to fix the problem: Imagine you are miles from the nearest restroom, and nature’s call is urgent – a situation that might raise a mild panic during a hike or at a music festival. Now, picture that same scenario, not …
Bathrooms are political: how gender-inclusive toilets can combat indignity and violence: Swasdee/Getty Images A new hate crimes bill is inching closer to the possibility of becoming law in South Africa. The bill entrenches human dignity as a foundational value of the country by providing for penalties for explicit acts of violence and discrimination motivated by …
Flushing toilets aren’t the solution to South Africa’s sanitation problem: Many South Africans still don't have access to safe toilets. Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images Many households in some of South Africa’s biggest cities have been facing water restrictions in recent times – sometimes lasting for days at a time. People have had to make …
Oil hazards aren’t the main worry of Nigeria’s coastal residents: toilets are: Adekunle Ajayi/Nur Photo via Getty Images. Nigeria’s coastal areas are known to present environmental hazards and risks. Oil exploration and exploitation is one source of these hazards. Oil spillage, gas flaring, air and water pollution and agricultural land contamination are serious problems in …
South Africa in the news: Anger as young boy faces ‘appalling, foul-mouthed’ behaviour and ‘vomit-covered toilets’ at Wales rugby game as WRU tell drunks to stay away: For Martyn and Emma Jones, this should have been a month to remember, with their seven-year-old son Tomos attending his first Wales autumn international campaign. But, instead, they …
Why access to decent toilets could help reduce sexual violence in South Africa: Many women in South Africa still don't have access to safe toilets. Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images South Africa has exceedingly high rates of rape of women and girls by non-partners. It’s estimated that between 5% and 12% of women may have …
Malawian school children with disability struggle to access drinking water and toilets: Schools, according to policy, must have at least one latrine or toilet for boys and girls that cater for pupils with disabilities. Flickr The image of a primary school child leaving their wheelchair outside a pit latrine and crawling across an unclean floor …