Independent law firm to probe drowning of two Daveyton pupils
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane announced on Wednesday that an independent law firm would be appointed to investigate the deaths of the two pupils from Daveyton Skills School.
The two boys drowned at a private camping site near the Hennops River in Centurion during a school excursion on Monday afternoon.
The boys, aged between 13 and 16 years, were attending a discipline camp held by a non-governmental organisation called Rising Stars Generation.
It is the second school drowning incident involving a Gauteng school this year.
In January, 12-year-old Latoya Temilton died when she reportedly drowned while on an excursion organised by her school, Laerskool Queenswood.
“We will institute an independent law firm to assist us in getting to the bottom of what happened,” Chiloane told the media during a visit to the school.
“The trip was not sanctioned by anyone in the higher office in the district because it was not communicated. What we know is that there were no educators as well. It was just the social worker alone.
“We would like to urge our schools that should you take or plan to take any trip where you know there will be water, make sure that precautions are made. Don’t assume that where you will be going, the situation will be okay. It has been demonstrated over time that these trips have repercussions, and we have to go and explain to the family what happened to their child whom they entrusted with us,” warned Chiloane.
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