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Enock Mpianzi s family legal representative says the parties reached an amicable agreement.
Mpianzi, 13, died while attending a Grade 8 orientation camp in January 2020.
Although a settlement has been reached, Mpianzi s father, Guy Intamba, says he is now waiting for the criminal case to get under way so that his son could get justice.
The Gauteng Department of Education and family of 13-year-old Enock Mpianzi, the Parktown Boys High School Grade 8 pupil who was swept away in the Crocodile River, have reached a settlement agreement, a year and four months after the tragedy.
The family s lawyer, Wikus Steyl, of Ian Levitt Attorneys, confirmed to News24 on Friday that a settlement on undisclosed terms was reached with the boy s family by all parties involved.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘I want arrests’ - Enock Mpianzi’s mother a year after his death The grade 8 Parktown Boys’ High pupil drowned when his makeshift raft capsized in the Crocodile River in Brits. Anto Mpianzi and Ekila Guy Intamba, the parents of Enock Mpianzi, struggled to hold back their tears during a memorial service at Parktown Boys High School on 29 January 2020. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN
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JOHANNESBURG - A year after her son’s life was cut short during what was meant to be a school team-building trip, Enock Mpianzi’s mother has told
Eyewitness News all she wanted was to see arrests.
EXCLUSIVE: One year after his death, Enock Mpianzi’s parents seek accountability The 13-year-old Parktown Boys’ High School pupil drowned in the Crocodile River on this day a year ago during a school orientation activity. A picture of Enock Mpianzi is displayed during his memorial service at Parktown Boys High on Tuesday, 28 January 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.
JOHANNESBURG - Enock Mpianzi s parents have told
Eyewitness News that demanding justice for their son’s death was not only about money, but accountability from government.
The 13-year-old Parktown Boys’ High School pupil drowned in the Crocodile River on this day a year ago during a school orientation activity.