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pit toilets in schools

Pit toilets replaced by substandard ‘improved’ pit toilets in EC schools

10th February 2025 Chwayita Dinginto 0

The ventilated improved pit latrines built in Eastern Cape schools do not meet safety standards.

Bilharzia infections plague Limpopo schools

26th September 2024 Ndivhuwo Mukwevho 0

Poor sanitation and lack of clean drinking water is suspected to be behind the outbreak in Limpopo.

Pit toilets in schools a constant worry for Limpopo parents

23rd July 2024 Ndivhuwo Mukwevho 0

Defying court orders and self-imposed deadlines, the Limpopo education department has failed to eradicate pit toilets at schools in the province.

The disintegrating classrooms of King William’s Town school

13th September 2023 Anele Mbi 0

Half of the school’s prefab buildings are dilapidated, with rats and bees resident and the wind passing through.

Dilapidated schools impair teaching and learning in the Eastern Cape

19th April 2023 Anele Mbi 0

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.

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