Discussion | SA schools still lack safe toilets

MUIZENBERG, WC - Civic organisations have raised concerns over the slow pace by Limpopo's Basic Education Department in eradicating pit latrine toilets in public schools. 

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The Department missed its own deadline of the first of April to do away with pit toilets in the province. About 1 900 schools in the province still use these dangerous pit toilets and over 2000 Limpopo schools need sanitation upgrades. 

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According to Breadline Africa, the sanitation challenges in Limpopo were mirrored in many other provinces. 

The organisation's Marion Wagner spoke to eNCA.