Plans unveiled to eradicate pit latrines
563 views · Published 14 August 2018 · 7:59 · Indexed 27 September 2026
Channel: SABC News · 2018 · News & Politics
Construction of new toilets at Luna Primary School where 5 year old Lumka Mkhethwa drowned in a pit latrine earlier this year near Mbizana in the Eastern Cape is underway. Her death kick-started the process to expedite the eradication of pit latrines. Just last month another two Eastern Cape learners nearly drowned in pit latrines. But the sanitation situation at schools in the Eastern Cape remains dire with some schools having no toilets at all. For more we cross to our reporter Zimkhita Manqinana For more news, visit: sabcnews.com
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