Angie Motshekga has revealed that both the schools where Langalam Viki and Lumka Mketwa died had new and proper sanitation installed.
The schools where two young pupils died in pit toilets had proper sanitation installed.to eradicate pit toilets at schools across the country.Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has revealed that both the Eastern Cape schools where Langalam Viki and Lumka Mketwa died had new and proper sanitation installed. However, the pit toilets where the pupils drowned had not been destroyed.
"The fact of the matter is we have provided new South African national standard approved infrastructure and we have been explaining this. This means that the school had new toilets. She was not found in the pit latrine, she was found behind [the pit toilet]." Addressing developments that the department had achieved, Motshekga said it had launched a safe programme, to educate children about sanitation.DA to launch court action to force basic education dept to eradicate 'deadly' pit toilets in SA
"We want to say to the nation, we may not be good enough, but a lot has been done and continues to be done on a daily basis," added Motshekga.
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