Many pit toilets are made from cheap metal, are shoddily built and left uncovered South Africa is to get rid of all pit latrines in state schools within two years after a five-year-old pupil ...

The Eastern Cape has ‘100 or so’ schools with pit latrines left to fix before this sad chapter in the province’s education ...

Her tiny body was at the bottom of a dark, faeces-filled toilet. After her death, South Africa's new President Cyril Ramaphosa called for pit latrines in schools to be eradicated and gave the ...

Ramotswa police are investigating a gruesome murder case involving a Zimbabwean national who allegedly dismembered his cousin ...

and that families without any toilet at all said they couldn’t afford to build the type they’d actually use. RICE found that privately constructed pit latrines were four to five times larger ...

Nearly 11,000 schools in the country lack a single flushing toilet, and 3,398 schools still rely on pit latrines. Additionally, at least 25% of schools do not have access to running water.

Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has set the target of March to eradicate pit toilets at all schools across the ...

The toilets were destroyed by the recent heavy ... Annette Alusa said the school could not continue to operate without pit latrines. At least 10 latrines used by girls and eight meant for boys ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Christanus Orenje inspects a toilet that has made it easier for him to use the latrine ...