Five children, between five and eleven-years-old, died after the bakkie they were in lost control and rolled multiple times in Mitchells Plain on Tuesday.
CAPE TOWN - Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said that the tragic deaths of schoolchildren in Cape Town were a sad moment for the country as it commemorated Child Protection Week.A twelve-year-old girl also died after being knocked down by a minibus taxi near Heideveld on Tuesday.
Provincial Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo: "Indeed it's a sad moment, especially during Child Protection Week where we're supposed to protect our children, but now something like this happens."
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