Eastern Cape pupil wins Robben Island essay competition with call to end pit toilet deaths (opens original article in a new tab)

A 15-year-old student from the Eastern Cape won a national essay competition by highlighting the dangers of pit toilet toilets in schools and calling for improved sanitation and education infrastructure.

• 15-year-old Sibabalwe January won Robben Island Museum Essay Competition with essay highlighting pit toilet deaths in schools
• January's essay called for government action on pit latrine toilets, water infrastructure failures, youth unemployment, and corruption
• 847 schools in Eastern Cape still use pit latrine toilets, with a child drowning in an unfinished pit toilet earlier this year