Day 11: Court hears of witness to Michael Komape’s death
Boy who drowned in toilet could have been found sooner
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 28 November 2017
Day 10: Calls for help from Michael Komape’s school unanswered for years
Former principal’s testimony supports the family’s claim against the state
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 27 November 2017
Day 9: State offered a pauper’s burial for Michael Komape
Department of Education contests that it could have fixed dilapidated toilets
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 23 November 2017
Day 8: Education department had funds to fix toilet in which Michael Komape drowned
Expert witness gives damning testimony against Limpopo government
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 22 November 2017
Day 7: Limpopo education department a “quagmire” of maladministration
“We drew attention to life-threatening situations in schools … it is not good enough to say there is no budget.”
By Ciaran Ryan
News | 21 November 2017
Day 6: Court hears of terrible condition of Limpopo’s school toilets
Photographs shows that the school toilets where Michael Komape died were in poor condition
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 20 November 2017
Day 5: Psychologist describes suffering of drowned boy’s family
Mother distant and withdrawn, battles with ongoing sadness and depression
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 17 November 2017
Day 4: State claims family wants to get rich out of Michael Komape’s death
SECTION27 accuses state lawyer and Department of Education of attempting to trivialise the family’s suffering
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 16 November 2017
Day 3: Pathologist describes finding faeces in child’s lungs
Michael Komape’s sister breaks down in court
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 15 November 2017