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Three children suffocated while playing in a freezer in the village of Mammutla, near Taung, in the northwest.
Three students suffocated while playing in a freezer in the town of Mammutla near Taung in the northwest on Saturday.
According to the spokesman for the provincial education department, Elias Malindi, the three were playing unused in and out of the freezer, but ended up trapped inside and subsequently suffocated.
The three children, who attended Mammutla Primary School, were Refiloe Mooki, 8, Gogontle Gaolehelwe, 8, and Ipeleng Gaolehelwe, 10.
North West Education MEC Mmaphefo Matsemela expressed her heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.
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“On behalf of the department, I would like to convey our sincere condolences to the families and the entire school community,” said Matsemela.
A multisectoral committee has been created to provide advice to students, teachers, members of the school’s governing body and relatives of deceased students.
The funerals will take place in Mammutla on Saturday.
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