Community leader Nomampandomise Mkhafu said that the families were trying to move on but they simply could not. She said that they were told that they would be relocated by officials and ministers but after the funerals, there was complete silence from government.
February this year marks a year since Axolile Mabangula, Nqabayethu Mlaza, Azola Quweni and Iva Kalikopu, fell into the hole died and were recovered by rescue teams.
Cape Town sandbank tragedy: Death of four children put down to theft
Department of Transport and Public Works investigated the sandbank tragedy and has finally completed its work. Here are the findings.
Western Cape Minister of Transport and Public Works Bonginkosi Madikizela delivered the technical findings of an investigation into the Cape Town sandbank tragedy. On Thursday 25 February two weeks after the incident, Madikizela said theft led to the tragedy.
On Monday 8 February 2021, four young boys were playing on the embankment of the bridge crossing Borcherd’s Quarry Road on the Cape Town bound carriageway of the N2 when the sandbank collapsed.
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.