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Gauteng MEC Panyaza Lesufi presents an investigation report to the family of Keamohetswe Seboko, who drowned in Laerskool Bekker on January 15.
- The Gauteng education department accepted the investigative report into the death of a Laerskool Bekker student.
- MEC Panyaza Lesufi says that a legal team will be sent to the family to discuss a settlement.
- The investigation found that the teachers supervising the student had been negligent.
Panyaza Lesufi, the MEC of Education in Gauteng, says the department accepts the report of an investigation into the death of Laerskool Bekker’s student, Keamohetswe Seboko.
“We have accepted the report, which stated that the department is responsible, and this week we are releasing our legal team to speak with the family’s legal team to reach an acceptable settlement.
“We have no intention of opposing anything that comes from the family. We just want it to be acceptable and reasonable because it is public funds,” he said Saturday.
Lesufi met with the school’s governing body (SGB) and the Laerskool Bekker school management team.
He informed the media about the recommendations of an investigative report stemming from the circumstances surrounding Seboko’s death.
Seboko, 13, drowned at school during a swimming activity, News24 reported.
He died the same day as Parktown Boys’ High School student Enock Mpianzi, who was washed away by the Crocodile River during a school camp in the Northwest.
READ | Investigation Into Death of Laerskool Bekker Student Keamohetswe Seboko Finds Teachers Negligent
News24 previously reported that an investigation into the 13-year-old boy’s death found that the teachers supervising Seboko and her schoolmates were negligent.
Furthermore, the report found that according to the evidence, the boy drowned and there was no dirty act.
Lesufi had previously said that because an independent law firm’s report found the school to be responsible, by extension the department was responsible for the student’s death.
“We must emphasize that this is a sad incident. We are still saddened and hope that this process will help us close this chapter once and for all,” Lesufi told the out-of-school media on Saturday.
Willie Dry, president of the SGB, who said he had just received a summary of the report, said they reserve the right to review the report and advise their legal team.
“It is very comforting to know that the MEC is prepared to take us by the hand and walk the path to finish this because it has been difficult for our school.
“There have been many accusations that we had to face, and I am glad that we can get to a point where we can finish this,” he said.
