Learners and Teachers Forced to Use Open Field as Toilet in Eastern Cape School

At Zwelinzima Primary School in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, learners and teachers are forced to use an open field as a toilet due to unsafe old pit toilets. The school has been requesting the Eastern Cape Department of Education to build them proper toilets for over six years.

At Zwelinzima Primary School in Mthatha , Eastern Cape , learners and teachers are forced to use an open field as a toilet.There are old pit toilets but they are no longer safe to use.

"He took pictures of the old toilets. He mentioned that he will forward the photos to another department. We waited for him to come back as he promised, but he never did," said Gana. "We then decided to build pit toilets while waiting for the department to build us proper toilets," said Gana. Provincial department spokesperson Malibongwe Mtima said the district director will send a team to do an assessment at Zwelinzima.

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