By Khayisa Tabata
11 May 2011
Julius Malema has promised that heads will roll over the ANC open toilet scandal in the Free State. After inspecting the humiliating sight in the Rammulotsi township near Viljoenskroon, the ANC Youth League leader said someone had to take responsibility for the debacle.
Last month, the Western Cape High Court ordered the DA-led City of Cape Town to enclose one-thousand-300 toilets in the Makhaza settlement in Khayelitsha.
During yesterday’s visit, Free State Premier Ace Magashule repeated the ANC's earlier comment that it had not known about the open toilets in an area controlled by the ruling party.
Meanwhile, the Human Rights Commission has reacted to the unenclosed toilet saga by calling on political parties to respect the Constitutional mandate and independence of the Commission.
The HRC says the critical human rights of the poorest people should not be reduced to political footballs.
After criticism from the DA that the investigation into the Viljoenskroon toilets had dragged on for months, the Commission gave the assurance that its report on the matter would be released shortly.
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