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FILE: A fence has been erected around the quarry site at the Skierlik Mountain View informal settlement in Mamelodi where two boys drowned on 27 February 2021. Picture: Thando Kubheka/Eyewitness News

Quarry

Advocate Thomas Bokaba to lead probe into drowning of 2 Mamelodi boys

By Thando Kubheka

The boys aged four and seven died in a quarry at an unsecured construction site over a week ago.

  • The families of 2 boys from the Kopanong informal settlement in Mamelodi are demanding answers after they drowned in an unsecured quarry at a road construction site. Picture: Thando Kubheka/Eyewitness News

    The fence is an insult, says family of boy who drowned in Mamelodi quarry

    A wire fence has now been erected around the area, four days after seven-year-old Siyabonga Mabila and four-year-old Lawrence Tshwenu drowned.

    445 days ago
  • The Mamelodi quarry where 2 boys drowned on 27 February 2021. Picture: Thando Kubheka/Eyewitness News

    2 Mamelodi mothers want justice after their children drown in quarry

    It's understood the boys, aged four and seven, were swimming in the unsecured site on Saturday.

    446 days ago
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