Enock Mpianzi's family to sue for R10m after river-rafting tragedy

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Levitt said while they had lodged the legal proceedings against the school principal, they were considering doing the same against the teachers who were present at the camp when Mpianzi died.

Enock Mpianzi's parents, Anto and Guy Itamba, during the funeral service of their son on February 1 2020.The family of Parktown Boys' High pupil Enock Mpianzi, who drowned while at a grade 8 orientation camp in January, is suing the education department, the Nyati Bush and River Break lodge where the boy died and the school's principal Malcolm Williams for R10m in damages.

He was being interviewed on eNCA on Monday afternoon - but he also confirmed to SowetanLIVE's sister publication TimesLIVE that the lawsuit was going ahead. The 13-year-old boy died during a river-rafting exercise hours after he and more than 200 new grade 8 pupils had arrived at the camp in Brits, in North West. It took teachers at the camp 18 hours to realise that Mpianzi was no longer among the group of pupils. His lifeless body was found a day later in the Crocodile River, where his and his teammates raft had capsized.

 

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Yes. And the owners of the actual camp are also liable.

VictorPapia They must also sue the school they must pay and those teachers should be in jail. they are the reason that child died.

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