South Africa: Komape Family Wins Court Battle Seven Years After Their Son Drowned in a Pit Toilet

17 September 2021

State must provide court with reports every six months with details of steps taken to eradicate pit toilets

In 2014 five-year-old Michael Komape drowned in a pit toilet at his school outside Polokwane.

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