Michael Komape died in 2014 when he fell into the toilet on 20 January, 2014 at the Mahlodumela Primary School in the northern Limpopo province.
Michael Komape died in 2014 when he fell into the toilet on 20 January, 2014 at the Mahlodumela Primary School in the northern Limpopo province.
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According to the BBC, Michael’s mother, Rosina Komape said she “could see his whole arm but could not see the rest of his body" and she fainted after that.
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When the incident happened, former Limpopo Education chief Dikeledi Magadzi told local broadcaster ENCA "I am not the MEC [Member of Executive Council] of toilets... I am not God".
The BBC reports that the deceased’s parents have sued the Limpopo education ministry and the school principal, arguing they acted negligently or in violation of learners' constitutional right to a basic education.
In the suit, they are demanding three million rand ($210,000; £160,000) for trauma, grief, medical expenses, funeral costs and lack of earnings.
Rosina said she lost her job as a result of the trauma she had suffered from the incident.
