# Lilanga High School in Diepdale, Mpumalanga, forces about one-thousand learners to share two overflowing pit toilets, raising serious health and dignity concerns. The issue, ongoing for years, persists despite a 1.6-million-rand allocation in 2020 for upgrades that were never implemented. Experts say poor planning and underfunding have delayed sanitation improvements. Learners reportedly resort to nearby bushes or neighbours’ toilets. The Education Department cites water scarcity, with the municipality supplying water only weekly, as a contributing challenge.
A thousand learners share two pit toilets at Mpumalanga school