Education
Day 10: Calls for help from Michael Komape’s school unanswered for years
Former principal’s testimony supports the family’s claim against the state
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 27 November 2017
Stink-up at Cape Flats school
“My stomach turns and I feel as if I’m about to vomit”
By Vincent Lali
News | 23 November 2017
Day 7: Limpopo education department a “quagmire” of maladministration
“We drew attention to life-threatening situations in schools … it is not good enough to say there is no budget.”
By Ciaran Ryan
News | 21 November 2017
Day 6: Court hears of terrible condition of Limpopo’s school toilets
Photographs shows that the school toilets where Michael Komape died were in poor condition
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 20 November 2017
Day 5: Psychologist describes suffering of drowned boy’s family
Mother distant and withdrawn, battles with ongoing sadness and depression
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 17 November 2017
Day 3: Pathologist describes finding faeces in child’s lungs
Michael Komape’s sister breaks down in court
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 15 November 2017
Day 1: Mother tells court how she found her son dead in school toilet
First day in damages trial of the death of Michael Komape
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 13 November 2017
Fees Commission proposes free education, but not at university
President releases report of Heher Commission
By Moira Levy
News | 13 November 2017
Department of Education under fire for shoddy statistics
MPs annoyed about poor data on learner transport
By Suné Payne
News | 8 November 2017