Question NW2100 to the Minister of Basic Education
03 July 2018 - NW2100
Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(a) What toilet facilities were available at the Luna Primary School at the time of Lumka Mkhethwa’s death in March 2018, (b) were any temporary toilets supplied by the Eastern Cape provincial education department after the learner’s death and (c) what is the current status of sanitation at the school?
Reply:
a) The school has 5 blocks of face brick Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) latrines as well as 2 blocks of plaster brick Pit Latrines.
b) Yes.
c) Construction of toilets to replace the 2 blocks of pit latrines is underway as well as a donation by MTN for renovations to existing structures.