SOCIAL AUDIT EXPOSES LACK OF PLANNING AND COORDINATION FOR JANITORIAL SERVICE
19 July 2014
On Saturday 19 July the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) and Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU) hosted a public hearing on the findings of a week-long social audit on the janitorial service for communal flush toilets in four informal settlements in Khayelitsha.
The social audit entailed comprehensive inspections of more than 600 flush toilets and nearly 200 interviews with residents who use the facilities and janitors who clean the toilets in PJS, Nkanini, BM and BT. More than 80 people, representing a number of civil society organisations from across the country participated in the audit.
At the public hearing held today, participants presented their evidence and community members gave testimonies of their experiences of this service.
The attendance and participation of members of government is welcomed by the SJC and most encouraging. Councillor Ernest Sonnenberg, Mayco Member for Utility Services and Gisela Kaiser, Executive Director for Utility Services, were respondents for the City of Cape Town. Western Cape Premier Helen Zille as well as several members of local, provincial and national government attended the hearing as guests.