Pit Toilets

Section 27 says the plans the Limpopo department has provided for getting rid of pit toilets are not clear and offer no timelines

New, ultra-modern toilets are hygienic – and they save water

Innovative sanitation technologies will create thousands of vital jobs

It will develop and scale the pathogen-killing, water-smart, reinvented toilet in South Africa

The Supreme Court of Appeal this week heard argument on why the law, as it now stands, is inadequate to compensate the Komape family

With their submissions to the commission of inquiry into state capture, two civil society groups have set out to root out corruption in education

The stipend for the community work programme is R780 a month — but they want the basic minimum wage of R3 500 a month that some workers now get

​Polly Boshielo, the Limpopo MEC for education, has committed to eliminating pit toilets in the province by the end of this financial year

In the public-school system, more than 11 000 schools have been provided with flush toilets since 1994

Poor facilities rob pupils and teachers of basic rights and also lead to absenteeism and drop-outs

A three-year-old boy has died after allegedly falling into a pit toilet at his aunt’s home in Limpopo

During an interview, Eusebius McKaiser questioned Angie Motshekga on history as a compulsory subject, the teacher-pupil ratio and violence in schools

It’s a setback for the family, but it will help the campaign to end pit toilets in schools

The judge dismissed their R2-million claim for constitutional damages, saying justice would be better served if all pupils had safe toilets

Five-year-old Michael died in 2014 after falling into a pit latrine at Mehlodumela Primary School where he was a Grade R pupil