Pupils at thousands of schools in South Africa still use pit latrines. Parliament has given the Department of Basic Education 60 days to outline how it will eradicate the dangerous structures.
As we celebrate Youth Month and commemorate Youth Day, we need to reflect on the issues that affect our youth with the view of assessing progress made and challenges that we still face. This calls on all of us to make sure that the freedom that the youth selflessly fought and died for, translates to economic benefits and opportunities.
The failure of the president’s SAFE programme and the re-occurrence of pit latrine drownings continue to cast a harsh spotlight on the ANC government
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For years it has been almost impossible for civil society to know whether the removal of pit toilets and other inadequate sanitation would ever be prioritised by the Limpopo education department – while pupils faced the daily risk of injury and even death in poor sanitation conditions.
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