Somebody must take responsibility for the open toilets in Viljoenskroon, in the Free State, ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said on Tuesday. Malema was inspecting open toilets in the Rammulotsi township, near Viljoenskroon, in the ANC-run Moqhaka municipality. He said no municipalities should provide open toilets. It should not even cross their minds. Malema said if a municipality did not have enough money to build a fully-enclosed toilet, it should not even begin. Last month, the Western Cape High Court ordered the DA-led City of Cape Town to enclose 1316 toilets in the Makhaza settlement on the Cape Flats. On Tuesday, Malema, Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula, ANC heavyweight Tony Yengeni and Free State premier Ace Magashule were part of a delegation which descended on Rammulotsi and promised immediate delivery.
Fresh building material such as sand, cement and new steel doorframes was piled in the street in front of Ndesi's house. Two houses down the street, a toilet had already been enclosed. Free State premier Ace Magashule inspected the structure as the contractor put his finishing touches to it from a scaffold. Magashule repeated the ANC's earlier comment that it had not known about the open toilets.