‘Haunted’ family of pit toilet victim get R1.4m

Flashbacks of their five-year-old son’s outstretched hand from the filth of the pit toilet he had drowned in will stay with his mom and dad forever.

This is one of the reasons the Supreme Court of Appeal on Wednesday ruled in favour of the late Michael Komape’s family, awarding damages of more than R1.

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