South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal awarded 1.4 million rand ($97,500) Wednesday to the family of a five year-old boy who drowned in human waste after falling into a pit latrine at his school.
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal awarded 1.4 million rand Wednesday to the family of a five year-old boy who drowned in human waste after falling into a pit latrine at his school.The toilet structure above the dug-out latrine he was using collapsed and drowned him in feces, where he was found four hours later.
The court in Bloemfontein made the damages award for the “emotional shock and grief” caused by his death. Wednesday’s ruling overturned an earlier one by the High Court in Polokwane which had dismissed the damages claim while finding that the national education ministry and its provincial counterpart had violated the victim’s rights.
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