The basic education department says it has completed 98 of the pit latrine eradication projects identified in 2018.
However, the bigger problem is they have not yet counted or investigated new pit toilets built after the 2018 audit raising concerns that more schools may still be using unsafe sanitation that falls outside the governments current plans.
Section 27 organisation attorney Thato Gaffane disputes the figure given by the department, saying there is much more work that needs to be done.