Nature reserve must pay for visitor's death fall

01 June 2015 - 02:03
By Penelope Mashego

The Supreme Court of Appeal has found a Western Cape nature reserve liable for the accidental death of a visitor on its property, ordering it to financially compensate the dead man's family. He was one of three people who have died in the same place since 2007.The widow of Cape Town-based architect Pier Alberto Za asked the Supreme Court of Appeal to review a decision by the Western Cape High Court that dismissed her claim against the Matroosberg Private Nature Reserve for the death of her hus...

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