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Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, and Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson, unveil newly built flushing toilets at the Deda Primary School in KwaZulu-Natal.
Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, says she wants to eradicate pit toilets at schools by next year.
She was speaking at an event where 22 low-cost flush toilets have been built at the Deda Primary School in the deep rural Ozwithini area between oThongathi and Wartburg in KwaZulu-Natal.
The newly-built toilets replace six pit toilets that 700 learners have been using.
The new toilets were built at a cost of just under R1-million by NGO, Breadline Africa.
Gwarube says government needs to move much faster to eradicate pit toilets at schools.
Meanwhile, Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson, says more can be achieved if his department works together with the Department of Basic Education, civil society and the private sector to build flushing toilets at schools.
Macpherson says the money allocated to provinces is sometimes returned to National Treasury due to lack of spending on infrastructure projects.
This morning, I joined Basic Education Minister @Siviwe_G to unveil new toilets constructed by @BreadlineAfrica at Deda Primary School in Ozwathini, KwaZulu-Natal. These facilities replace the two previous pit toilets at the school. 🤝
As the Government of National Unity, we are… pic.twitter.com/S1jGnEfzYv
— Dean Macpherson MP (@DeanMacpherson) November 18, 2024
Deda Primary School bathrooms upgraded after learners were subjected to using pit toilets in KZN:
