Pit toilet death
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...
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[OPINION] The South African state’s lack of care
Judith February says at the heart of our society lies a lack of accountability defined by a disdain by those in power for the people they are meant to serve.
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Ramaphosa launches school sanitation initiative to remove pit toilets
The Basic Education Department says most of the affected schools are in the Eastern Cape, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal.
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Ramaphosa: Govt, private sector in partnership to eradicate pit toilets
President Ramaphosa says the safe toilets initiative is overdue in the country following the deaths of pupils at schools.
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Limpopo child who drowned in pit toilet laid to rest
Omari Monono died after falling into the pit last week.
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DA: Family of pit toilet victim needs urgent counselling
The network in Limpopo says the mother of a three-year-old boy who drowned in a pit toilet is in urgent need of trauma counselling.
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DA Women's Network visits family of Limpopo boy who drowned in pit toilet
Monono Omari died after falling into a pit latrine while relieving himself last Wednesday.
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Section27 shocked at death of child after falling into Limpopo pit toilet
Three-year-old Monono Omari died in the crude toilet at a relative’s home in Moletji on Wednesday.
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Child (3) dies after falling into pit toilet in Limpopo
It’s understood the incident occurred on Wednesday while the child was visiting a relative’s home in Moletjie Ditenteng.
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EC school to get 8 toilets in wake of pit latrine death
Several weeks ago, five-year-old Lumka Mketwa drowned in a pit latrine.
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Education Dept planning to remove all pit toilets from schools
Judge Gerrit Muller ordered the department to provide proper sanitation facilities at all the province’s government-run schools.
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Section 27 criticises Michael Komape court ruling
On Monday, the court dismissed a R3 million claim to compensate the Komape family.
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Michael Komape's family distraught after (no) compensation ruling
Rosina & James Komape were too distraught to speak to the media following Judge Gerrit Muller's ruling that they won’t be compensated for the shock and trauma of losing their son.
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Judgment expected to be handed down in Michael Komape case
The family with the help of advocacy group Section 27 is suing government for damages.
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Equal Education urges Education Dept to get rid of pit toilets
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga held an urgent meeting with education officials to assess the sanitation facilities at all schools.
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[LISTEN] Lesufi: Sanitation is dignity
Talk Radio 702 host Stephen Grootes speaks to Panyaza Lesufi, MEC for Education in Gauteng, about eradicating pit toilets at Gauteng schools.
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Treasury intervention needed to eradicate pit toilets, says Motshekga
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says that her department’s budget alone will not be able to fund the project.
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At least 37 schools in EC have no toilets at all
The province also has the highest number of pit toilets in the country.
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‘Sanitation at some schools a national embarrassment’
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga convened an urgent meeting in Johannesburg on Thursday aimed at coming up with a plan to eradicate unsafe toilets at schools.
