Bulk infrastructure upgrade: Work completed included the construction of ablution facilities, drilling of boreholes, provision of water tanks and installation of handwashing fountains. The Department of Education in Mpumalanga intends to completely eradicate pit latrines within the 2021/22 financial year. Thus far there are 189 school sanitation projects underway; with an additional budget allocation of R124 million to, among other, address sanitation challenges across various schools in the Mpumalanga province.