Sanitation conditions in Khayelitsha's CCT site and at Site C may be worse than the exposed toilets in Makhaza.
"The situation is better at Makhaza - I wish we had the same," Thandisiwe Marawule, 26, of Khayelitsha's Site C, said.
"We cannot use our toilets because they are always blocked, they do not flush and the water runs out."
Marawule shares 28 flush toilets with hundreds of people living beside Lansdowne Road.
Behind their shacks is a heavily polluted river that people use when the toilets are not working, she says.
"The situation is terrible because my house is clean, but the smell from the toilets makes it uncomfortable," Nokuthula Maswazi, 50, said.
"Anyone can use the toilets because they are along the road. The water comes into my house - it is not a place where people can live."
Nomapolisa Gladile, 60, said it was not safe to go to a toilet in the evening.
"Someone can beat you up and no one would know. We have a timetable to go to the toilet - only in the morning and in the afternoon because we are afraid of the skollies."
Siyabonga Mtintsile, 23, said their toilets had been blocked since November.
"We have phoned the municipality and nothing happens. Some of us (use) the blocked toilets with all that water - we have no choice," he said.
Mtintsile said some people had put padlocks on toilet doors so others could not use them.
Thembisile Qhapha, 33, said: "We all knew about the plan in Makhaza, but it was supposed to be temporary. We have been using a temporary Porta-Potti bucket system here for three years.
Qhapha said more than 7 000 people lived on the CCT site and all the shacks had a chemical Porta-Potti.
"The city gave us these toilets and they left it at that."
Qhapha said that CCT residents were not going to protest because the city had been told them they were to be moved to a Litha Park site before the winter rains.
"The situation is better at Makhaza - I wish we had the same," Thandisiwe Marawule, 26, of Khayelitsha's Site C, said.
"We cannot use our toilets because they are always blocked, they do not flush and the water runs out."
Marawule shares 28 flush toilets with hundreds of people living beside Lansdowne Road.
Behind their shacks is a heavily polluted river that people use when the toilets are not working, she says.
"The situation is terrible because my house is clean, but the smell from the toilets makes it uncomfortable," Nokuthula Maswazi, 50, said.
"Anyone can use the toilets because they are along the road. The water comes into my house - it is not a place where people can live."
Nomapolisa Gladile, 60, said it was not safe to go to a toilet in the evening.
"Someone can beat you up and no one would know. We have a timetable to go to the toilet - only in the morning and in the afternoon because we are afraid of the skollies."
Siyabonga Mtintsile, 23, said their toilets had been blocked since November.
"We have phoned the municipality and nothing happens. Some of us (use) the blocked toilets with all that water - we have no choice," he said.
Mtintsile said some people had put padlocks on toilet doors so others could not use them.
Thembisile Qhapha, 33, said: "We all knew about the plan in Makhaza, but it was supposed to be temporary. We have been using a temporary Porta-Potti bucket system here for three years.
Qhapha said more than 7 000 people lived on the CCT site and all the shacks had a chemical Porta-Potti.
"The city gave us these toilets and they left it at that."
Qhapha said that CCT residents were not going to protest because the city had been told them they were to be moved to a Litha Park site before the winter rains.
- Cape Times
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