Since May 2024, the Asivikelane campaign has been mapping VIP toilets to assess the condition of these toilets provided under the current sanitation framework.
Programme Areas
Responsive Living Environments
This programme is designed to engage with and influence actions at a city-wide level, with the results contributing to or correlating with the national level and being shared with communities. The aim of the programme is to provide evidence of various successful methods of practice in supporting citizens to achieve improvements in the quality of their settlements or neighbourhoods.

Sub Programmes | Objectives |
Informal Settlement Upgrade | Incremental settlement development is recognised and widely used. Strong coherence among communities’ approach to urban land acquisition to reach security of tenure. |
Inclusive Inner Cities | Understand and support diverse needs to create strong livelihoods within urban areas. Access of vulnerable communities to all available opportunities. |
Asivikelane Waste Hub: Sustainable Waste Management Strategy for Informal Settlements and hostels
Asivikelane Waste Hub in the City of Tshwane embodies the practical implementation of the bottom-up approach, where informal settlement residents play a crucial role as key stakeholders in the solid waste management ecosystem.
Press Statement: Reshaping township economy: Backing up emerging contractors and small-scale developers in Gauteng to participate in the construction economy
Braamfontein— As South Africa's major economic hub, Gauteng...