This follows the death of a three-year-old Langalam Viki at a school toilet in Buffelsdoring in the Eastern Cape.
Steenhuisen will be visiting the Viki family, and will also be conducting a site visit to the school today on Human Rights Day.Meanwhile, Amnesty International says there is a lack of political will to eradicate pit toilets in schools. Campaigner at Amnesty International South Africa, Sibusiso Khasa says, “We have nearly 3 000 public schools that still have basic pit toilets. Because even now, if you look at the fact that the Department of Basic Education last year proposed regulations that they are trying to remove the deadlines in terms of the minimum norms and standards. So, that shows you that there is a lack of political will.
“Also, if you look at the history of how the department has been sort of spending money in terms of school infrastructure, you find that there has also been underspending in some cases,” adds Khasa.Share article
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Our children's rights are constantly being violated by these useless administration. So sad and disgusting to know that today on Human Rights Day none of them in their pompous speeches will mention the brutal deaths that kids die in pit latrines in this country PresidencyZA
President Ramaphosa 1. STOP indignity that the black / African child is still being subjected to given use of pit latrines claiming their young lives. 2. Embarrassed to be a member of the ANC when the lives of black / African children still doesn't matter!
Wouldn’t it be cheaper to use the PublicProtector, who could then force govt to comply?