South Africa's government schools' toilets are filthy and unhygienic and their bad condition has forced many pupils to relieve themselves in the bushes.
When I was still at school we could find faeces on the toilet floors on the Mondays nxa!! I wonder who was responsible for that? Students who left the school late or just idiots who wanted the toilets filthy. Report Abuse
Jul 11, 2012
Jenani
You can't blame the toilets it's the people who use the toilets that are the problem. If they don't like dirtry toilets why do they make them dirty. You would have the same problem with brand new toilets, educate the people. Report Abuse
Jul 11, 2012
MommaC
Isn't this an area which should be addressed by the principal of the school? We can't really expect one of the ministers to appoint a loo monitor at each school. Its also scary that the parents don't do something about it. No matter how poor you are, a tub of water and a tablespoon of sugarsoap is hardly going to break the bank. Maybe it is the elbowgrease which they don't want to invest in? Report Abuse
Jul 11, 2012
lebenzo
this are the serious issues which should have been address and be dealt with long tym ago.
@MommaC - The shyte that we used to get on Mondays at school was cleaned out by the classroom that was responsible for cleaning the school on that week. Of course, the shyte was not a good thing to clean up, we used hose pipes. Yuck!!
Really, some of things are minor issues that the school can do themselves. As students, we used to pick up the papers from the whole school yard, and clean the toilets. We alternated that on a weekly basis. This week, one grade, next week the other grade. What is so difficult doing that? Report Abuse
Jul 11, 2012
MommaC
Shredder
Fortunately we had cleaners :)
They only came in in the evening though so we also had a class being in charge of the loos for the day. Some kid upchucked, it was tough luck on the group on monitor duty as they had to haul out the bucket and mop to sort it out. If our headmistress saw so much as a piece of paper or a twig out of place, the nearest kid got a shouting at for not picking it up. Our school was spotless. Wasn't a big deal at all. In fact, it even helped to get us into the habit of picking up immediately so it didn't become a Clean House nightmare Report Abuse
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Shredder
Public school loos????When I was still at school we could find faeces on the toilet floors on the Mondays nxa!! I wonder who was responsible for that? Students who left the school late or just idiots who wanted the toilets filthy.
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Jenani
You can't blame the toilets it's the people who use the toilets that are the problem. If they don't like dirtry toilets why do they make them dirty. You would have the same problem with brand new toilets, educate the people.Report Abuse
MommaC
Isn't this an area which should be addressed by the principal of the school? We can't really expect one of the ministers to appoint a loo monitor at each school. Its also scary that the parents don't do something about it. No matter how poor you are, a tub of water and a tablespoon of sugarsoap is hardly going to break the bank. Maybe it is the elbowgrease which they don't want to invest in?Report Abuse
lebenzo
this are the serious issues which should have been address and be dealt with long tym ago.Report Abuse
Shredder
@lebenzo - What serious issues?@MommaC - The shyte that we used to get on Mondays at school was cleaned out by the classroom that was responsible for cleaning the school on that week. Of course, the shyte was not a good thing to clean up, we used hose pipes. Yuck!!
Really, some of things are minor issues that the school can do themselves. As students, we used to pick up the papers from the whole school yard, and clean the toilets. We alternated that on a weekly basis. This week, one grade, next week the other grade. What is so difficult doing that?
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MommaC
ShredderFortunately we had cleaners :)
They only came in in the evening though so we also had a class being in charge of the loos for the day. Some kid upchucked, it was tough luck on the group on monitor duty as they had to haul out the bucket and mop to sort it out. If our headmistress saw so much as a piece of paper or a twig out of place, the nearest kid got a shouting at for not picking it up. Our school was spotless. Wasn't a big deal at all. In fact, it even helped to get us into the habit of picking up immediately so it didn't become a Clean House nightmare
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Mbeva
It is NOT unusualReport Abuse
7040360
thanks zuma u da bestReport Abuse
JB$
That's why bana ba lwaletse ruriReport Abuse
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