After waiting for years for access to flushing toilets, residents of the BM Section informal settlement in Khayelitsha have finally had 280 of them installed by the city.
About 5 000 residents, who have until now been using bucket toilets, will benefit from the new flushing toilets.
The city plans to install the next 140 toilets by next March.
A resident of the area, Nokuzola Nedala, said she was very happy that she now had access to a flushing toilet.
The ward councillor for the area, Nosakhele Jelele, said the community was delighted to have the flushing toilets available to them.
