Despite learner deaths, several court interventions and the outright banning of pit toilets at schools by the Minimum uniform norms and standards for public school infrastructure (the school infrastructure law) in 2013 this type of sanitation remains a reality for…
Rotshidzwa Maluga attended Mabila Primary School deep in rural Vhembe in Limpopo over twenty years ago. He clearly remembers using the pit toilets at the school. Unbelievably, it’s the same toilets, only now more dilapidated, his five-year-old daughter is…
The Dr JS Moroka municipality community has been forced to take desperate measures as water shortages continue to plague Mpumalanga. As residents and clinic staff members resort to using pit toilets, the healthcare system struggles to stay afloat, with load…
Access to decent toilets is a human right but some people in Limpopo’s capital city of Polokwane are forced to pay to use public facilities, and for many, it’s simply unaffordable. Nandi Samdo, 38, a hawker based at a taxi…
As the world commemorates World Toilet Day today, the National Association of School Governing Bodies (NASGB) in Limpopo said it’s concerned about the continued use of pit toilets in the province. NASGB Limpopo secretary, Prince Prince Phandavhudzi, said they believe…
