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Metro Matters | Family battles water leak, cracking house PREMIUM By Yolanda Palezweni - 19 April 2021
A Missionvale woman’s house is literally splitting in two due to a burst underground pipe that sprang a leak in June.
The leak has not been fixed since then, with Nomhle Kani, 58, house slowly cracking apart.
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A 6-year-old boy from Govan Mbeki in Port Elizabeth was crushed to death by a concrete stormwater pipe.
He and other were playing when the incident happened.
Community members said they asked the municipality to remove the concrete pipes.
A 6-year-old boy from Govan Mbeki in Port Elizabeth died on Monday after he was crushed by a concrete stormwater pipe at a nearby church.
Phawu Mandiyase and his friend were playing on the grounds of the Methodist Church when the incident occurred, GroundUp reported.
Phawu s grandfather, Billy Mandiyase, 68, is now demanding that the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality take full responsibility for his grandson s death.