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  • Parktown Boys High pupil Enock Mpianzi. Picture: Facebook

    Enoch Mpianzi’s family still left with unanswered questions over his drowning

    Mpianzi’s body was found on Friday in a river near the premises of Nyati River and Bush Lodge where 200 grade 8 pupils from Parktown Boys were camping.

    855 days ago
  • Sebastian Kodie Motha, grandfather of grade 8 Parktown Boys' pupil, Enock Mpianzi who died at the Nyati lodge in Brits. Picture: Ahmed Kajee/EWN

    Grandfather recalls search operation for Enoch Mpianzi

    The family of Enoch Mpianzi says numerous questions remained unanswered about how their 13-year-old child drowned at a school orientation camp.

    855 days ago
  • Grandfather recalls search operation for Parktown Boys pupil

    The family of Enoch Mpianzi says numerous questions remained unanswered about how their 13-year-old child drowned at a school orientation camp. Mpianzi's body was found on Friday in the Crocodile River near the premises of Nyati River and Bush Lodge where 200 grade 8 pupils from Parktown Boys High School were camping.

    855 days ago
  • Sebastian Kodie Motha, the grandfather of grade 8 Parktown Boys' pupil, Enock Mpianzi who died at the Nyati Lodge in Brits. Picture: Ahmed Kajee/EWN

    ‘I was calling Enock, with no answer,’ says Mpianzi’s tearful grandfather

    Enock Mpianza’s grandfather, Kodie Motha has questioned how the child died under the supposed supervision of teachers.

    855 days ago
  • Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi during a media briefing at Parktown Boys' High School in Johannesburg on 17 January 2020.  Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN

    News of second pupil drowning emerges, Lesufi disappointed by late reporting

    Lesufi's department says it was only informed of 13-year-old Keamohetswe Seboko's death on Friday, a day after the child's body was found in a swimming pool at Laerskool Bekker.

    855 days ago
  • Enock Mpianzi. Picture: Supplied.

    Drowned pupil Enock Mpianzi wanted to be a lawyer

    The grade 8 pupil’s body was found during a search and rescue operation on Friday after he was last seen on Wednesday.

    855 days ago
  • Visited: Camp where Parktown Boys pupil drowned

    The manager of a lodge in Brits where a high school boy drowned says no pupil was forced to take part in the water activity. Grade 8 pupil Enoch Mpianzi from Parktown Boys High School attended an orientation camp on Wednesday, where the children were told to build their own rafts in groups. The police say it appears Mpianzi was caught up in a strong current and a full investigation into the circumstances is now underway.

    856 days ago
  • Nyati Bush and Riverbreak Lodge. Picture: Ahmed Kajee/EWN

    Brits lodge where Enock Mpianzi drowned closed to public

    Enock Mpianzi drowned at the lodge during an orientation program earlier this week with his body being recovered earlier on Friday.

    856 days ago
  • Nyati Bush and Riverbreak Lodge. Picture: Ahmed Kajee/EWN

    NW lodge management: Mpianzi was not wearing life jacket

    A manager at the Nyati Bush and River Break Lodge says pupils at the camp were not wearing a life jackets as they were only supposed to have been in the shallow water.

    856 days ago
  • Parktown Boys High pupil Enock Mpianzi. Picture: Facebook

    Missing Parktown Boys' High pupil Enock Mpianzi found dead

    Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi confirmed the tragic news on Friday morning.

    856 days ago
  • Parktown Boys High pupil Enock Mpianzi. Picture: Facebook

    Search continues for Parktown Boys' High pupil who went missing during camp

    The school has shared a missing person poster of the 13-year-old boy on its Facebook page.

    856 days ago
  • Convicted paedophile Collan Rex leaves the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on 20 September 2018. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    NPA welcomes ‘victorious’ sentence handed to Collan Rex

    The 23-year-old former Parktown Boys’ High School assistant water polo coach has been sentenced to 23 years for preying on pupils at the school.

    1270 days ago
  • Collan Rex leaves the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on 20 September 2018. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Convicted sex offender Collan Rex given 23-year sentence

    The former Parktown Boys' assistant water polo coach Collan Rex was found guilty of 144 counts of sexual assault and 12 counts of common assault.

    1270 days ago
  • Parktown Boys High School. Picture: EWN

    Expert blames Parktown Boys' High's code of silence for prolonged abuse

    Luke Lamprecht testified on Wednesday at the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court where sentencing proceedings of convicted sexual predator Collan Rex are being heard.

    1270 days ago
  • FILE: Collan Rex leaves the Palm Ridge magistrates court on 20 September 2018. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Child abuse experts expected to take stand in Collan Rex sentencing

    Rex been found guilty of 144 counts of sexual assault and 12 of common assault.

    1271 days ago
  • FILE: Collan Rex leaves the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on 20 September 2018. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Sentencing of convicted sex offender Collan Rex resumes

    Collan Rex was found guilty of 144 counts of sexual assault and 12 of common assault in September.

    1272 days ago
  • Collan Rex (wearing sunglasses), who has been convicted of 144 counts of sexual assault and 12 counts of common assault, waits outside the courtroom for sentencing at the Palmridge Magistrates Court. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Sentencing of former Parktown Boys’ assistant coach postponed again

    The former Parktown Boys’ assistant water polo coach has been found guilty of 144 counts of sexual assault and 12 counts of common assault.

    1299 days ago
  • FILE: Collan Rex leaves the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on 20 September 2018. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Convicted sex offender Collan Rex to be sentenced

    Collan Rex has been convicted of 144 counts of sexual assault and 12 counts of common assault.

    1299 days ago
  •  FILE: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Lesufi disappointed mothers of Parktown Boys victims say he failed them

    A group of mothers has accused the Education Department of not doing enough to fight the culture of silence and toxic traditions at boys schools around the country.

    1338 days ago
  • Convicted paedophile Collan Rex leaves the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on 20 September 2018. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Education Dept urges parents, pupils to report abuse at schools

    A former assistant water polo coach at Parktown Boys' High School has been convicted of 144 counts of sexual assault and 12 of common assault.

    1339 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi looks on during the announcement of the top provincial achievers in Daveyton on 5 January 2017. Picture: EWN.

    Lesufi relieved after Parktown Boys’ former assistant coach found guilty

    The High Court sitting in Palm Ridge on Friday convicted Collan Rex (22) on 144 counts of sexual assault. He’s also been found guilty on 12 counts of common assault.

    1346 days ago
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