The number of households provided with these dehumanising facilities increased in 2020 to 47,130 from 42,434 the year before
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke. Picture: SIYABULELA DUDA
The number of households using the bucket-toilet system has been decreasing over the years. In 2016 there were 68,480 households provided with bucket toilets; this went down to 60,557 in 2017, 42,622 in 2018 and 42,434 in 2019.The continued use of bucket toilets is a political hot potato in the country, with the government failing to meet its eradication targets.
This has led to many municipalities struggling to deliver basic services such as refuse collection, while others are struggling to pay staff salaries and employment benefits. Of the 257 municipalities in the country, 193 were responsible for fruitless and wasteful expenditure amounting to R1.96bn during the period under review.
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