1. ADD NAME/TITLE HERE NATIONAL SANITATION PROGRAMME
Special focus on unenclosed toilets
Human Settlements Portfolio Committee Presentation
15 June 2011
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2. Contents Definitions Constitutional and legislative Requirements
Sanitation backlog
The open toilet challenge
Intervention measures
Conclusions
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3. 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.
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4. 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.”
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5. 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
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6. 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
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7. YEAR ANNUAL DELIVERY CUMULATIVE TOTAL
1994/95
60 820
1995/96
74 409
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
15 YEAR DELIVERY
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8. Sanitation Delivery during FY2010/11
Municipalities (MIG) (h/h)
Provinces (HSDG) (h/h)
TOTAL (h/h)
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9. 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
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10. 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).
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11. 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
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12. 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
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13. Work in Progress Rammulotsi, FS
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14. Rammulotsi, FS
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15. FS
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16. THANK YOU
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