Why Limpopo's schools still have pit toilets – The Mail & Guardian
Nine years after grade R learner Michael Komape drowned in a pit toilet, 2 334 schools in the province still have these structures on their premises
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Nine years after grade R learner Michael Komape drowned in a pit toilet, 2 334 schools in the province still have these structures on their premises
“GIRL” or “BOY” is painted in big, pink and blue letters on the doors — hiding nothing but a low plastic platform built up around a hole in the ground, with a toilet seat fixed on top.
Nine years after pupil Michael Komape drowned in a pit toilet at his school in Limpopo, 2,334 schools in the province still have them.