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President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his grief and sorrow after he visited the families of the four boys who died after falling into a sinkhole last week.
WATCH: Emotional scenes at memorial service for four Cape boys who died in sinkhole
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - There were emotional scenes at Lusaka sports field in Nyanga on Tuesday as members of the community joined the families of the four boys who died after falling into a sinkhole at an N2 bridge for a memorial service.
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu, who attended the service, said her wish was to see the area where the boys died declared as a memorial site, saying she would use all her energy to see to it that her wish was fulfilled.
Five-year-old Nyanga sinkhole survivor needs help to deal with trauma
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - While the families of the four boys who died after falling into a sinkhole at an N2 bridge near Nyanga received assistance from the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) on Monday, the sole surviving boy of the incident is left to cope on his own.
The five-year-old boy was the one who ran to report to the community after the accident occurred on Monday last week. Now his family are calling for assistance to deal with the child s trauma.
His aunt, Nomakholwa Mabangula, said the child was struggling to sleep at night and couldn t bear the thought of losing his cousin, Axolile Mabangula, 11, who was among the four who died.
Correction: In Saturday’s DM168 article as well as an article published on Daily Maverick online: “When four children die in a sinkhole in Nyanga, who is responsible?”, we incorrectly reported that Cape Town Executive Mayor Dan Plato said on eNCA that the children should have been playing elsewhere. He did not make such a statement to eNCA. We apologize for this error.
What the Mayor did say on eNCA was that the people who dug the hole to mine sand “should have known” that children would be curious and want to play there.
It was reported by Daily Voice’s Velani Ludidi that Plato said the children should have been playing elsewhere. In a video of Plato standing at the site of the incident, published by Daily Voice, Plato says that there are many other parks and play areas in the area for children to play in.