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Raw sewage at a settlement in Boipatong in the Vaal area. Picture; Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

Poor sanitation in schools

Sewage crisis leaves Vereeniging parents fuming

By Thando Kubheka

Outside Lebohang Secondary School, large piles of rubbish are strewn across the street infused in puddles of raw sewage. A breeding ground for water borne...

  • President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched the Sanitation Appropriate for Education (SAFE) initiative in Pretoria on 14 August 2018. Picture: Thando Kubheka/EWN

    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.

    1422 days ago
  • FILE: A toilet at the Nomsa Mapongwana Primary School in Khayelitsha. Picture: EWN.

    [LISTEN] The dire state of sanitation at schools

    A Water Research Commission study found that although 41% of schools were found to employ cleaners, only 25% of them reported cleaning the toilets at least once a day.

    1450 days ago
  • Education Minister Angie Motshekga is briefing the media on developments in the education sector. Picture: Hitekani Magwedze/EWN

    Motshekga: Pit toilet child death undignified & completely unacceptable

    Five-year-old Viwe Jali fell into the toilet at the Luna Primary School in Bizana on Tuesday.

    1573 days ago
  • Michael Komape died after falling into a pit toilet at school in 2014. Picture: Twitter/@Corruption_SA

    Michael Komape: Section 27 hopes govt accounts for failure to build safe toilets

    The High Court in Polokwane has been hearing final arguments on the amount of damages Komape's family should receive for pain and suffering.

    1615 days ago
  • Michael Komape died after falling into a pit toilet at school in 2014. Picture: Twitter/@Corruption_SA

    Section 27: Limpopo Education Dept to blame for Michael Komape's death

    The group is suing government for damages on behalf of the family of Komape, who drowned in a Limpopo pit toilet in 2014.

    1680 days ago
  • FILE: Michael Komape's classmates are gathered outside his house in Limpopo for his funeral service. Picture: Masego Rahlaga/EWN

    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.

    1696 days ago
  • Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga at Skeen Primary School in Alexandra township. Picture: Katleho Sekhotho/EWN

    Minister Motshekga: HIV/Aids must be a govt priority again

    Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says there is a challenge to provide healthy environments in many public schools which hinder learning.

    1835 days ago
  • FILE: Some schools in the Eastern Cape operate out of mud houses and tin shacks with little or no furniture and resources. Picture: EWN

    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.

    2043 days ago
  • FILE: Khayelitsha learners marched to the Western Cape Education Department's offices in Cape Town on 9 September, 2016. Picture: Aletta Harrison/EWN.

    Equal Education may take learner march to WCED

    Learners have embarked on protest action demanding safe schools and proper sanitation.

    2084 days ago
  • A toilet at the Nomsa Mapongwana Primary School in Khayelitsha. Picture: Carmel Loggenberg/EWN

    GDE misses school sanitation crisis deadline

    The GDE missed the deadline it had set to deal with the sanitation crisis in township schools.

    2576 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Equal Education demands R350m for Gauteng township schools

    The funds are required for maintenance, water, sanitation and electricity in schools.

    2610 days ago
  • Broken toilets lie outside a Soweto school on 29 April 2013. The school was supposed to have their bathroom facilities built by the Basic Education department by the end of 2012. Picture:Reinart Toerien/EWN

    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.

    2679 days ago
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