School sanitation
DBE vows to rebuild 15 schools, complete 41 sanitation projects by September
The promise was contained in Basic Education Minister Angie Mothsekga's annual performance plan presented in Parliament on Tuesday.
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Pupils at EC school forced to borrow broken toilet seat from staff - report
According to Groundup, 18 of the 20 pit toilets at Mndundu Junior Secondary are broken - 10 of which are just holes in the ground.
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Section 27: Ramaphosa’s stimulus package far from good enough
On Friday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that more funding will go to sanitation at schools, with the goal to complete more than a thousand sanitation projects.
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Increase of funding for sanitation at schools largely welcomed
Cyril Ramaphosa announced during his economic stimulus package address on Friday that government is planning on completing over 1,000 school sanitation facility improvement projects.
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Ramaphosa to unveil govt plan to eradicate school pit toilets
Two months after the Basic Education Department's initial deadline to come up with an emergency plan to address challenges around unsafe sanitation at schools, president Ramaphosa will finally spell out government's plan.
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Motshekga: Education Dept to prioritise school sanitation
Education Minister Angie Motshekga convened a high level meeting with education heads in Johannesburg on Thursday to come up with an urgent plan to eradicate unsafe toilets at schools.
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[WATCH] Dept of Education to reprioritise school sanitation
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga says her department will be working in all provinces to accelerate the provision of adequate and safe sanitation at schools.
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Motshekga to hold urgent meeting with MECs, HODs to eradicate pit toilets
The high level meeting comes amid the grief and outrage caused by the death of a five-year-old girl who fell into a pit toilet in the Eastern Cape last week.
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Equal Education approaches court over poor school infrastructure
The rights group released a report following visits to a number of schools across 7 districts in the Eastern Cape.
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'All Gauteng schools have access to proper sanitation'
Panyaza disputes an EFF claim that access to toilets is a major concern in poorer schools.
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[LISTEN] School pupils sent home over sewage health concerns
Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer’s spokesperson Jessica Shelver speaks to Cape Talk host Kieno Kammies about water and sewage issues at a schools in the Lwandle area.
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Lesufi tackles school sanitation crisis
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi on Friday made good on his promise to start solving the sanitation crisis at township schools when he opened renovated toilets at Malerato Primary in Randfontein.
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GDE misses school sanitation crisis deadline
The GDE missed the deadline it had set to deal with the sanitation crisis in township schools.
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'Gauteng school sanitation crisis must be resolved'
Equal Education say there is one toilet per 100 schools in 30 percent of the department's schools.
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‘100 pupils share a single toilet in township schools’
Equal Education conducted research on 200,000 pupils in more than 200 schools across the province.
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Section 27: School sanitation must become a bigger priority
The organisation says poor sanitation in schools affect both the physical & academic well-being of pupils.
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Limpopo principals fear speaking out against govt
Principals say exposing issues could risk both current and future infrastructure projects at their schools.
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Rights group marches for adequate school sanitation
The group is demanding proper sanitation in all schools particularly those in the townships.
