Johannesburg, 18 January 2019 – We wish to express our deep concern and unease about a campaign launched by the Democractic Alliance (DA) this week and more specifically about a billboard which, among others refers to the Life Esidimeni and Michael Komape tragedies. On 16 January 2019, Mmusi Maimane launched the 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
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President Ramaphosa, we require a more precise definition of what “not fit for purpose” means. Do schools with collapsing brick and mortar cubicles qualify within this category?
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
The DBE’s approach to issues of school sanitation and infrastructure more broadly have been far more obstructive than the SAFE Initiative might suggest. The difficulties of unsafe school sanitation are not new. Together with community-based organisation Basic Education for All (BEFA), SECTION27 has consistently raised the challenges with the DBE as far back as 2012. In this time we have seen no real urgency or political will to mitigate this emergency. And we have seen the urgency of the situation intensify.
JOHANNESBURG, 17 May 2018 – SECTION27, representing Michael Komape’s family, has started proceedings to appeal the judgement handed down in the Limpopo High Court. The judgement rejected the civil claim by the Komape family for damages
Polokwane: 23 April 2018 – Judge GC Muller has given the Limpopo Department of Education a reprieve with the judgment delivered in the case initiated by the Komape family against the Department of Basic Education and the Limpopo Department of Education (the defendants) following the death of Michael Komape at Continue Reading
SECTION27 notes with mixed reaction the judgment handed down in the trial of the tragic death of Michael Komape by Judge Muller.While we welcome the structural interdict to provide adequate and safe sanitation for learners in the Limpopo
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.
