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The release of the forensic report into the circumstances surrounding the death of Parktown learner Enock Mpianzi has been postponed via SABCNewsOnline

Mpianzi’s peers are expected to gather to pay tribute to him in a memorial at the schoolEnock MpianziThe report was expected to be released on Thursday evening. The Grade 8 learner died after a makeshift raft he and his fellow learners built capsized in the Crocodile River at the Nyathi Bush and River Break Lodge in the North West over a month ago.

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi received the report over the weekend and said it showed wrongdoing on the part of those who were meant to take care of the children.The report was shared with the Mpianzi family, and was meant to be made public. However, Education spokesperson Steve Mabona says they’ve decided to hold onto it for now.Mpianzi’s peers are expected to gather to pay tribute to him in a memorial at the school.

Since his passing, some learners have given harrowing accounts of the circumstances surrounding Mpianzi’s death.During the course of the investigations, it also emerged that over the past ten years, three children, including Mpianzi have drowned at the facility. The Grade eight learner’s death has shone the spotlight on the school’s alleged code of silence, leading to growing calls for transparency.

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