ADD NAME/TITLE HERE NATIONAL SANITATION PROGRAMME Special focus on unenclosed toilets Human Settlements Portfolio Committee Presentation 15 June 2011 4/9/2019 1

Contents Definitions Constitutional and legislative Requirements Sanitation backlog The open toilet challenge Intervention measures Conclusions 4/9/2019

Basic sanitation means, Definition Basic sanitation means, The provision of a basic sanitation facility which is easily accessible to a household, the sustainable operation of the facility, including the safe removal of human waste and wastewater from the premises where this is appropriate, as well as the communication of good sanitation, hygiene and related practices. 4/9/2019

Definitions (cont.) Basic sanitation facility means: “ The infrastructure necessary to provide a sanitation facility which is safe, reliable, private, protected from the weather and ventilated, keeps smells to the minimum, is easy to keep clean, minimises the risk of the spread of sanitation-related diseases by facilitating control of disease carrying flies and pests, and enables safe and appropriate treatment and/or removal of human waste and wastewater in an environmentally sound manner.” 4/9/2019

Constitutional and legislative Requirements Access to basic sanitation is a constitutional right (Sec 24 of the Constitution) The Water Services Act, 1997( Act no 108 of 1997) ensures the realization of this right Policies and strategies approved by Cabinet direct how this will be done 4/9/2019

Household Sanitation backlog (1994-2010) 2001 2009 2010 EC 1,001,315 899,475 439,387 337,751 FS 399,780 348,433 252,032 245,747 GT 612,149 511,623 407,904 437,575 KZN 939,554 1,063,348 526,062 441,014 LIMP 800,352 840,257 603,532 501,337 MPU 421,757 434,306 335,410 309,592 NW 377,535 422,973 296,399 256,605 NC 143,068 85,530 54,542 50,834 WC 388,745 153,239 86,776 85,450 TOTAL 5,084,255 4,759,184 3,002,044 2,665,945 4/9/2019

YEAR ANNUAL DELIVERY CUMULATIVE TOTAL 1994/95 60 820 1995/96 74 409 1996/97 129 193 1997/98 209 000 1998/99 248 391 1999/00 161 572 2000/01 190 643 1 831 860 2001/02 143 281 2002/03 203 588 2003/04 193 615 2004/05 217 348 2005/06 216 133 2006/07 271 219 2007/08 248 850 1 204 512 2008/09 239 533 2009/10 228 777 15 YEAR DELIVERY 3 036 372 4/9/2019

Sanitation Delivery during FY2010/11 Municipalities (MIG) - 400 000 (h/h) Provinces (HSDG) - 186 238 (h/h) TOTAL 586 238 (h/h) 4/9/2019

The Open Toilets Challenge Open toilets violate the dignity and privacy of users and they do not protect them from the weather and therefore violate the constitutional rights of users 4/9/2019

Municipalities with open toilets Open toilets were located in two municipalities, viz City of Cape Town (Makhaza Area) and Moqhaka Municipality (Rammulotsi Township) Number of open toilets is: Makhaza: 1316 were unenclosed but later closed by households. Only 55 remained unenclosed and subsequently uprooted by the City. Currently, none are unenclosed. Rammulotsi Township/ Moqhaka: 1831 were unenclosed. 3 contractors were then appointed. Only 573 remained by 12 June 2011, due for completion mid July 2011. DG wrote letters to all HODs, all reported no such toilets existed.(16/5/11). 4/9/2019

Intervention by NDHS Minister has instructed the department and provinces to assess the sanitation situation in the country All Human Settlements programmes including the Rural Housing programme should include appropriate sanitation interventions/ delivery NDHS monitoring capacity is being strengthened to be able Minister & MECs to deal with such challenges 4/9/2019

Interventions by other State Organs Minister has instructed MECs/ HODs that the Cape Town High Court judgment will be observed by all institutions providing sanitation facilities henceforth. The SA Human Rights Commission recommended that the Department of Monitoring and Evaluation (Presidency) should report to it within 3 months on the quality of sanitation services delivered by local government in the country 4/9/2019

Work in Progress Rammulotsi, FS 4/9/2019

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THANK YOU 4/9/2019 16