Failure to fix pit latrines in Limpopo schools “outrageous”
Equal Education says there were 472 schools with pit latrines in 2019, and that grew to 515 in 2020
People protested in 2017 outside the High Court in Polokwane in support of the Komape family after their five-year-old son drowned in a pit latrine. Archive photo: Ciaran Ryan
Equal Education (EE) has approached the Limpopo High Court to appoint a “special master” to oversee the eradication of pit latrines at schools in the province.
The organisation says the number of schools with pit latrines is growing not decreasing.
The education department says it has budgetary constraints.