DA to submit SAHRC complaint on bucket toilets in the Eastern Cape
29 August 2014
The DA will initiate an investigation into the increased use of bucket toilets in the Eastern Cape. STATS SA yesterday released a report indicating that the number of households using the bucket system in the Eastern Cape increased appallingly from 38 606 to 52 732 between 2012 and 2013 (see report here - PDF).
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) must investigate this as a matter of urgency to determine why and where this massive increase occurred.
Further, the report indicated that in the North West, 1481 households were using the bucket toilet system in 2012 and this increased to 1750 last year. In 2012, KwaZulu-Natal had zero reported households using the bucket system, however, in 2013, 1585 people were using it.
The DA will be initiating its own investigation to determine exactly in which areas of the Eastern Cape this has taken place. We will submit our research to the SAHRC to assist them to get to the bottom of the problem.