
Pit toilets replaced by substandard ‘improved’ pit toilets in EC schools
The ventilated improved pit latrines built in Eastern Cape schools do not meet safety standards.
The ventilated improved pit latrines built in Eastern Cape schools do not meet safety standards.
Poor sanitation and lack of clean drinking water is suspected to be behind the outbreak in Limpopo.
Defying court orders and self-imposed deadlines, the Limpopo education department has failed to eradicate pit toilets at schools in the province.
Half of the school’s prefab buildings are dilapidated, with rats and bees resident and the wind passing through.
According to the department of education in the Eastern Cape, the improvement of facilities at almost half of the schools in the province is delayed while about a fifth have no electricity.