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South Africa: Boy, 3, Drowns in Pit Toilet
News24Wire, 5 July 2018
A three-year-old boy has died after he allegedly fell into a pit toilet at Diteteng village in Moletji, Limpopo police said on Thursday. Read more »
Another Child Dies in a Pit Toilet in South Africa
Three-year-old Omari Monono died after falling into a pit toilet while playing at his aunt's house, Limpopo police say. His death follows that of five-year-old Michael Komape, who drowned after he fell into a pit toilet at his school in Limpopo in 2014. And in March 2018, five-year-old Lumka Mketwa drowned in a pit latrine at an Eastern Cape school.
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South Africa: Donated Toilet Set Alight At School Where Girl Drowned in Pit Latrine
News24Wire, 25 May 2018
Pupils at the Eastern Cape school where five-year-old Lumka Mketwa drowned in a pit latrine were apparently apprehensive, but quite excited, when four donated portable toilets… Read more »
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South Africa: Basic Education Department to Implement Urgent Sanitation Audit Following Pit Toilet Death
News24Wire, 22 March 2018
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on Thursday committed to abide by the Presidency's instructions for an audit of school sanitation facilities within three months. Read more »
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South Africa: Bereaved Father Starts Drive to Fix Limpopo Schools
GroundUp, 20 March 2018
"I don't want my son to be forgotten. I want his name and memory to live on." Read more »
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South Africa: Girl's Pit Toilet Death Reveals Sad State of School Sanitation - NGOs
News24Wire, 16 March 2018
The drowning of five-year-old Lumka Mketwa in a school pit toilet this week has shocked organisations fighting for proper school infrastructure, which agree that government should… Read more »
InFocus
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South African High Court Judge Gerrit Muller has granted the Komape family leave to appeal parts of his judgment relating to the U.S.$156,000 claim for grief the family suffered ... Read more »
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"It is our view that this is a missed opportunity for developing the law in respect of constitutional damages," said South African legal advocacy group Section27 in response to a ... Read more »
