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‘There are no illegal human beings and we have to stop using this word… they may not have proper documentation but they are not illegal’ – Anti-xenophobia activists.

Pupils forced to relieve themselves in filthy pit toilets, crumbling infrastructure that could cave in at any moment, and schools that are still without adequate water supply or electricity.

The opposition party committed to supporting the commission in its pursuit of justice as a friend of the court, and called on South Africans to do the same.

The opposition party committed to supporting the commission in its pursuit of justice as a friend of the court, and called on South Africans to do the same.

Refilwe Moloto speaks to the SAHRC's Fatima Chohan about their litigation action against five provincial education departments.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has announced it plans on taking five provincial Education departments to court in a bid to obtain a structural interdict toward the elimination of pit latrines at schools across the country.

The SA Human Rights Commission is holding its last media briefing for the year on Tuesday.

The SA Human Rights Commission will take five provinces to court for failure to eradicate pit latrines in schools, the Chapter 9 institute revealed at a briefing on Tuesday.

The five provincial departments of education in question are Mpumalanga, North West, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.

The South African Human Rights Commission is planning to start litigation against five provincial education departments over a lack of sanitation in schools.