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Bhisho news: South Africa: Girl’s Pit Toilet Death Reveals Sad State of School Sanitation – NGOs

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South Africa: Girl’s Pit Toilet Death Reveals Sad State of School Sanitation – NGOs: Earlier this week, the Bhisho High Court heard a case brought by EE to fix “unconstitutional loops and gaps” in the school infrastructure law. One of its arguments was that there was an escape clause which rendered important deadlines as loose targets.
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.

5-year-old pupil tragically drowns in school pit latrine: EE said it is a “horrific coincidence” that it was in the Bhisho High Court this week to ask the judge to oblige Motshekga “to fix unconstitutional loopholes and gaps in the Minimum Norms and Standards for School Infrastructure.” “If the court …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.

GroundUp: Education Department argues it’s not responsible for shoddy schools: Judgment has been reserved in the case on norms and standards in Bhisho High Court. By Mary-Anne Gontsana and GROUNDUP Staff. Bhisho’s High Court heard arguments on Thursday about who should be held accountable for schools that do not meet the Department …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.

GroundUp: Equal Education in court against Motshekga over broken schools: By Mary-Anne Gontsana and GROUNDUP Staff Learners and members of Equal Education (EE) gathered outside the Bhisho High Court on Wednesday with banners that read: “No more broken promises”. They were demanding infrastructure plans to prioritise the Eastern …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.

Child’s death in latrine ‘unacceptable’: His family has been embroiled in a protracted legal battle‚ suing the state for more than R3-million. Equal Education asked the Bhisho High Court this week to compel Motshekga to fix flaws in her department’s rules for school infrastructure‚ which it …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.

Angie under fire as girl, 5, dies in school pit latrine: Her death comes as James Komape – the father of another five-year-old who died the same way in Limpopo – protests outside the Bhisho High Court alongside a giant effigy of Basic Education (DBE) Minister Angie Motshekga. In court, education activist …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.

Education lobby groups calls for no pit toilets by the end of 2018: “This terrible news comes as the State argued this week in the Bhisho High Court that the Minimum Norms and Standards for school infrastructure promulgated by Minister Angie Motshekga in 2013 are sufficient and subject to available resources. Currently …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.

Education department argues it’s not responsible for shoddy schools: Bhisho’s High Court heard arguments on Thursday about who should be held accountable for schools that do not meet the Department of Basic Education’s norms and standards. This was the second and final day of the hearing. Equal Education, represented by …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.

MEC drops EC teacher shortage bombshell: Eastern Cape education MEC Mandla Makupula this week dropped a bombshell at the Bhisho legislature when he revealed that there was a shortage of 6808 teachers in the province. Mandla Makupula Makupula was replying to a question posed by the DA’s Edmund …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.

GroundUp: Eastern Cape students challenge Motshekga in court: Equal Education chose Qonce High School to hold a press briefing after filing papers in the Bhisho High Court to force Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga to act on the regulations for infrastructure in schools. By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GROUNDUP.
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.

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