Michael had fallen in the toilet, the little boy said. Searching where the boy indicated, the teachers saw Michael’s dead hand visible in the pit of human waste beneath the dilapidated toilets.

Note to editors: Please find attached English and IsiXhosa soundbite by Baxolile "Bax" Nodada MP. The DA wishes to express our sincere condolences to the family of the 4-year old girl whose body was ...

Equal Education has dismissed Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube’s self-imposed deadline for eradicating pit toilets at ...

Today, the State charged thirteen accused persons, involved in the Amathole District Municipality (ADM) pit toilet tender scandal' involving over R600 million With contravening section 173(1) Of ...

Read more: Here’s my promise — by 31 March 2025 all pit toilets in SA schools will be eradicated On Monday, 18 November, Gwarube and Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson were in Ozwathini in ...

Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has disclosed that the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal have the highest number of schools with pit toilets in South Africa, totaling 575 schools—405 in the ...

He is a bayakou, the Haitian term for laborers who empty latrines. I took his photo while he was cleaning out a pit toilet that served several families in Port-au-Prince. Despite the ...

Breadline Africa continues its mission to eliminate pit toilets in South African schools, significantly improving sanitation facilities for learners and teachers. This July, several schools will ...