Detailing the terror of children struggling without lifejackets after their rafts broke apart, the report said that teachers were distracted and contributed to the death of a learner
who attended the orientation camp had returned with the bus to Johannesburg when they were dropped off. This meant that the teachers at the camp could not establish that Enock Mpianzi was missing, because they did not have an accurate roll call list.Enock’s drowning at an orientation campIn the aftermath of the 13-year-old’s death, the Gauteng department of education asked law firm Harris Nupen Molebatsi Attorneys to conduct an investigation into the circumstances surrounding it.
The report also points out that some of the teachers at the camp were preoccupied with other matters, and failed to pick up that there was a learner missing. For example, it says: “Mr Meintjes stated that he was extremely busy at Nyati on the afternoon of Wednesday 15 January 2020, as there was an issue in relation to the halaal food that was delivered, which was insufficient.”
The report says: “When Mr Williams was asked why he did not ensure that the learners were wearing life jackets, he responded, ‘because I did not anticipate this exercise from … what it became … ’” Another learner said he approached one of the facilitators and shared that there were learners who were struggling because the water was too strong. “She, however, said that she could not swim and then called another facilitator on her phone for help.”
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