Limpopo school toilet saga
Section 27: Pit toilet death case will highlight sanitation in SA
Section 27’s Nomatter Ndebele says this court case is important to ensure pupils in rural areas have proper sanitation.
Pupils say they’re happy to have textbooks this year but expected more from the education department.
The Limpopo Education Dept. will help the family of a boy who died after falling into a pit toilet.
A five-year-old grade 0 pupil was discovered dead in an open toilet near his classroom.
Limpopo teachers and pupils say they’re preparing for tree schools, pit toilets & snake bites.
Schools still face shortfalls in sanitation and infrastructure and pupils are suffering.
Limpopo Education Dept says it is facing a 20-year backlog of poor sanitation in schools.