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A portrait of Enock Mpianzi at his funeral.
- According to the family’s legal representative, they believe that the dismissal of the Parktown Boys’ High principal is still not justice for their son.
- Enock Mpianzi died while attending an eighth grade orientation camp in January.
- The parents are suing for 10 million rand each.
The news that Parktown Boys’ High School principal Malcolm Williams received a termination notice from the Gauteng education department opened wounds for the family of 13-year-old Enock Mpianzi, who was washed away by the Crocodile River early of this year.
Mpianzi was attending the school’s orientation camp at Nyati Bush and River Break Lodge near Brits in the Northwest on January 15.
News24 reported that the teen was last seen when a makeshift raft he and others were on capsized in the river hours after his arrival at the camp. His body was found two days later.
Williams was found guilty of allowing the trip to take place without department approval and for failing to ensure that the students who attended the camp would properly roll call.
Speaking to News24 on Wednesday, the family’s legal representative, Wikus Stely of Ian Levitt Attorneys, said: “They are fighting and fighting to deal with it. They accept and welcome the dismissal, but it does nothing.”
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Mpianzi’s parents, Ekily Guy Intamba and Anto Mpianzi, are suing Williams, the department, Nyati Bush and River Break Lodge and the school’s governing body for 20 million rand.
Subpoenas issued on September 3, which News24 has seen and Steyl confirmed, claim that the misconduct of the defendants – the school, the department, the lodge and the governing body – caused Enock’s death.
“Enock’s constitutional rights were violated and shocked the South African public and specifically the plaintiffs who also have a claim against the defendants in terms of Section 38 of the Constitution.
“For this, the plaintiffs claim from the defendants, jointly and severally, one paying the other to be acquitted, general damages in the amount of R10,000,000 per plaintiff plus interest at the prescribed rate from the date of the claim to date. final payment. ”
Steyl said the subpoena was filed in Pretoria Superior Court some time ago, but that it took time for the defendants to receive.
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