Komape v Minister of Basic Education and Others
5 year old Michael Komape died in January 2014 when he fell into a dilapidated pit toilet at his school in the rural Chebeng Village, in Limpopo. Michael’s family is seeking damages from the Minister of Basic Education, and the MEC for Education in Limpopo, arising from Michael’s death. The EELC is representing Equal Education. On 13 June 2016, Judge Mokgohloa ordered that Equal Education be admitted as amicus curiae (friend of the court).
EE seeks to show the court its history of engaging with the Department about the crisis in school infrastructure, and the manner in which the Department delayed, and continues to delay, in taking steps to protect learners from dangerous environments at school.
