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.
Theft of filling sand contributed to Nyanga sinkhole tragedy - dept Four boys aged between 11 and 13 died earlier this month after they fell into a sinkhole in Nyanga near the Borcherds Quarry off-ramp while they were playing. The Western Cape Government’s EMS Rescue team responded to an incident on the corners of Borcherds Quarry on the ramp next to the N2, Nyanga, at the side of the bridge on Monday, 8 February. Picture: Supplied
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CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape Transport and Public Works Department said that an investigation had found that the theft of sand used to fill holes along roads contributed to a tragedy in which a group of children died in Nyanga.