18 December 2019 PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SECTION27 welcomes the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the case of Komape v Minister of Basic Education. The SCA judgment overturns a decision of Polokwane High Court in 2018 that dismissed a substantial part of the Komape family’s Continue Reading
SECTION27 welcomes the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the case of Komape v Minister of Basic Education and Others. The judgment of the SCA awards damages for emotional shock and grief to each member of the Komape family to the total value of R1,4 million as Continue Reading
The appeal in the case of Komape v Minister of Basic Education and Others will be heard by the Supreme Court of Appeal (the “SCA”) on 2 September 2019. SECTION27 will be representing the family of Michael Komape in their efforts to seek justice following the death of their son. Michael Continue Reading
Mr M Maimane Federal leader: Democratic Alliance Parliament Plein Street Cape Town By email: leader@da.org.za Ms L Watson 79 Hans van Rensburg Polokwane By email: plo@dalimpopo.co.za/ leannewatson@vodamail.co.za 17 March 2017, Dear Mr Maimane and Ms Watson The DA’s use of Michael Komape’s name 1. On Continue Reading
The #Justice4Michael Komape Exhibition will now be opening in Cape Town at the Castle of Good Hope. Come have a look and see the family’s extraordinary journey from 2014 to 2018. Opening night is Thursday 13 September
Komape Judgement 23 April
Johannesburg 16 March 2018 #Justice4Michael Exhibition Statement Four years ago, Michael Komape fell into a pit toilet and died. His name has become synonymous with the struggle for children around the country for sanitation and safe schools. The #Justice4Michael Exhibition which will be housed at Constitution Hill at the Old Continue Reading
These postcards are part of the #Justice4Michael advocacy campaign. Thousands of learners in Gauteng, Pretoria and Cape Town wrote messages of support to the Komape family or a message for the MEC of Education in Limpopo, Ishmael Kgetjepe, sharing their thoughts and feelings on the untimely death of Michael Komape.
On the 20 January 2014, Michael Komape stepped out of his Grade 1 classroom to use the outside pit toilet at Mahlodumela Primary School, near Polokwane, Limpopo. His body was later found in the pit after he fell