Section 27 reacts to court's decision on the Komape case

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Channel: SABC News · 2018 · News & Politics

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The Polokwane High Court has dismissed a three-million-rand constitutional and grief claim by the family of deceased pupil Michael Komape. The five-year-old died after falling into a pit latrine at a Chebeng primary school in Limpopo in 2014. The court ordered the Basic Education Department to pay R12-thousand towards future counseling for two of the Komape's younger children. The case was brought by advocacy group Section 27 and the Komape family.

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