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South Africa: Five-Year-Old's Pit Toilet Death - Komape Family Awarded Over R1 Million for Emotional Shock
News24Wire, 18 December 2019
The Komape family has been awarded over R1 million in damages for emotional shock, NGO Section 27's former executive director Mark Heywood told News24 on Wednesday. Read more »
Komape Family Awarded U.S.$69,629 in Pit Toliet Death Case
The family of five-year-old Michael Komape - who drowned after falling into a pit toilet at Mahlodumela Primary School in Seshego, Limpopo in 2014 - has been awarded over R1 million in damages for emotional shock. In 2018, the Limpopo High Court in Polokwane dismissed claims by the family who sought damages from the government for the grief caused by his death.
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Supreme Court of Appeal judge Mahomed Navsa has said that the Limpopo education department "has not exactly covered itself in glory with respect to children under its care," adding ... Read more »
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South African High Court Judge Gerrit Muller has granted the Komape family leave to appeal parts of his judgment relating to the U.S.$156,000 claim for grief the family suffered ... Read more »
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The family of five-year-old Michael Komape, who died after he fell into a pit toilet in January 2014, have demanded damages from Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga, claiming ... Read more »
