The Department of Basic Education has missed its March 2025 deadline to eradicate pit toilets in South African schools, ...

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Minister of Basic Education announces elimination of 96% of identified school pit toilets. The public is urged to report ...

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Monday 31 March is the national Department of Basic Education's pit toilet eradication deadline. Minister Siviwe Gwarube ...

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Monday, 31 March 2025, marked the Department’s deadline to eradicate all school pit latrines in the country. The FW de Klerk ...

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The daily reality for thousands of learners across the country is that the only toilets they have available to relieve themselves are broken, unhygienic and structurally dangerous – often with no ...

Around 66 000 learners were still exposed to these toilets at schools in South Africa as of that year, but the number was falling fast. “The progress made thus far reflects the collaborative ...

The department attributed the progress to collaboration between national and provincial education departments and other stakeholders.