Such was the 13-year-old's excitement ahead of his grade 8 orientation camp that he told his mother, Antho Mpianzi, that he could not sleep the night before...
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This is a shameful headline. Robbing the parents of their dignity when they have lost so much! This story should have never been published. Where is the ubuntu in such?
This story keeps getting sadder and sadder everyday
So what
ftsek!
You are a disgusting publication, remove this tweet!! The boys were not asked to bring life jackets!
Should be compulsory to wear life jackets if you can't swim what
Care to explain you disgusting reporting.i think the family should sue you
SAEditorsForum is this ethical or just your. Members way of diversion
WHAT THE FUCK does that have to do with anything!
FYA 🤬
Really? Even if he borrow R10000will it bring him back
Futsek maan futsek
Its a joke right? Like this shit isn't published right? We are not reading news right? It can't be😷
It's not necessary for you to tell us that, this is Msunery journalism mxm!
Ukunya
AAah come on. You can do better than this.🙄
So?
Your headline is disgusting. A life was lost & all you have to say is that money was borrowed. How about, saying, the school must give answers, negligence by the school. Sies man, you ought to be ashamed of yourselves
Rubbish reporting!!!! You should be ashamed!!! Ridiculing the parents when the school killed their son. Such a disgrace of news agency!!!
spin doctors at work.........................okay lets say they borrowed R800 and he will be paying back the money.hope the school will bring back the boy too
Why haven’t we reported this stupid page?
I don’t understand this AT ALL! Rafting companies ALL provide free life jackets to wear as a matter of routine for this very reason! This was definitely negligence on a grand scale!
What does the borrowed R 800 have to do with anything Times Live 😒
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 How the 🤬 do you even allow this rubbish to make it to your timeline. What happened to the type of journalism where you should be at the school asking damning questions to enable JUSTICE to be served.
What a disgraceful and disrespectful headline! What does financially shaming mourning parents achieve other than taking spotlight off the gross negligence of the school!
This article is pure nonsense at based...and contains racists undertones, disgusting!
How is that of any relevance?
Where’s the relevance? Had he had the R800, would that have changed the horrible cause of events? Shut up if you don’t have anything to report, nonsense!
Nywa mmao Timeslive
Bad bad bad journalism like seriously
Are you defending the school and the lodge?
Does this camp have a name?
okay then why did they allow him to go inside the river without a life Jacket? someone was neglectful of the situation and need to answer for that.
What has this got to do with the drowning of a young child that was in the care of a school and camp? How the hell do you see it appropriate to create such a headline when a family is grieving!? What sort of nonsense publication are you!? ParktownBoysHigh TimesLiveistrash
TSEK BOMSUNU THIS IS IRRELEVANT TO SAY THE LEAST
So what? This is bullshit! This headline is pathetic
Why why denigrate the family?
Yanong bothata bo fo kae foo. Ngwana o tlhokafetse faa, lona you busy posting nonsensical BS.
What’s the relevance of this garbage to this tragedy? Yaz niyanya
So ?
This is so unnecessary!
This is so distasteful 🙄 how is that even necessary in this case where a young boy has lost his life and nobody wants to assume responsibility? Your publication is nothing but a capitalism pusher. Disgusting!
Whats this?! You think your articles have VIPs? Keep it!
Disgraceful journalism. Truly pathetic.
disgraceful journalism...black child you on your own.
So in other words, what they are trying to tell us is that EnochMpianzi couldn't afford to live Ridiculous🤦♀️
What is wrong with you guys? Honestly
Fuckin hell, wakanda logic is this?!! Clearly we should provide ourselves with our own oxygen masks in planes. And that headline? Sies🤮🤮
Whether they had borrowed money for the camp or not, it has absolutely nothing to do with what happened to their son on camp. Stop painting this bad / poor image of the family.
BS
The school needed to make sure that the campsite has the neccessary safety gear before anything else.
Talk about spinning the story. Wow
The person who wrote this article is absolutely DISGUSTING. You should absolutely be ashamed of yourself. Why blame the parents when the camp councilors shouldn't of let him in the water without a fucking life jacket !!!?
Im confused now.
Wow SA is a shit country
These are foreigners in a strange world. South Africa is a place of tragedy. Eish may his soul rest in peace. Handsome boy.
This is n expensive school. Father didnt have R800? Strange neh!!!
Poor and disgusting journalism what does that has to do with the death of that boy and isn't it the teachers responsibility to look after kids ?
Wow what a load of bullshit,the venue and school are responsible for life jackets. I saw PARKTOWN_BOYS this is murder of a young man and you are all responsible for this.
So? Was this really necessary? Y’all are scum for this.
Mara lena la bhora tjeban
R800 has batrayed his child
What's that got to do with the school killing him? Mxm!
Nonku_Wathi05 He mst sue the school!
Yhu nigcolile! 🤮
What is the relevancy of this headline
This headline 🙆🏽♂️
Delete this
This is unnecessary and irrelevant
I have blocked TimesLive
Crass journalism sies.
So what now ? He borrowed R800 therefore it's clear that his son didn't belong cos he couldn't afford in the 1st place Why expose this grieving family to more unnecessary pain ? What is the purpose of this headline, where does it help ? 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒
People who've liked this, what exactly do you like about this?
And your point? 😡😡😡😡
Yhuuu senziwa othonqo noko!!! Kukunya kodwa oku!
55k for you to be negligent with my child? 800 for a camp with no life jackets included?
What does this have to do with anything?
Sies. Your headline is deplorable. I feel sick to my stomach. You should be ashamed. Blocked.
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tessaumhlanga 😭😭😭😭😭 This poor family. I'm heartsore for these parents.
Kak Newspaper. Tsek
This headline is disgusting! Shame on you
Niyanya yazi!!!!! Writing such nonsense.
How insensitive are you ,demeaning article!
Ps. Hope the family sues you for such an insensitive headline! msunu
Why does Parktown Boys copy these Private School activities when it doesn’t have the resources to do them properly?
You are reporting bile! What nonsense it this?
I'm very angry right now😡
Like seriously what does the finances have to do with the loss of life here. You could be posting better updates than this nonsense. Get a life maan.
So insentive at like this
What's the affordability has to do with the lost life if i may ask? 😠I have so much to say, but I'm too upset..
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This is appalling! Whether the father borrowed money to pay is irrelevant. A family just lost their son and you print this nonsense to shift the blame from the school and camp organizers? Very disappointing.
Are we gonna report this to the BCCSA or whichever forum they fall under? As an old boy, I’m appalled to say the least.
Nx
How is that important Stupid fools!!!
Couldn't afford a fckin life jacket?! How did they allow that boy to board that craft without one? That's gross negligence!!!
I still wonder what exactly happened I am sad, upset and annoying by the negligence of teachers
This is bizarre
What does that have to do with anything?
Voetsek.....Did the borrowed R800 kill the child💔💔
Niyimsoon phela nina
I suspect that bullies are being protected again. Initiation ritual gone wrong...
Isn't the Camp site responsibly to have life jackets on site?
This is so tragic my heart hurts just thinking what those parents must go through. Also what's up with letting a pupil on water without a life jacket? The school as well as the orientation camp should take full responsibility here. R. I. P
The school and the lodge should be held liable on this tragedy. How the father got the camp money should not be blown to us because it’s irrelevant 🤬.
So what? How is that relevant when parents lost their child.
How is this relevant ?
Fuck the Times!
When last did you service your fire extinguisher? Perhaps need one? We are here for you
Before you think of selling papers and getting audience views, please remember that u r writing stories about people, human beings.....This level of sensationalism is unacceptable
What an insensitive really
He didnt know black ppl cant swim 😢
What kind of parent sends a child who cant swim to a river camp without a life-jacket? What level of cognition does it take to think an initiation camp is worth risking your child's life? Finally,how many adults in the chain of command accepted this idiocy? Accountability please.
I’m not sure what are u trying to gain by exposing financial state of the family. They are grieving and should respect that. Niyizinja nina
Sorry, just seen this now and quite late to the party, but still had to add my fuck you’s to the comments. How dare you try and shame the parents when their child has just died. Disgraceful reporting.
You guys are insensitive. How is the father borrowing money relevant? Enoch died and you have managed to make it about money. Shame on you
I'm afraid the headline confirms that the newspaper or PHATHU LUVHENGO and GRAEME HOSKEN are too excited about the death of this young man. Soon they will tell us that the Mashonisa was not paid...Fuck, bloody Lunatics
I dont think was necessary for them to inform us about that learner's lack of essentials in school.They should have found a way to SUPPORT the learner if that was the case.Schools force learners to engage in certain activities that DEMAND more,without considering their background
From a black person 😠😠😠😠😠😠
I'm blocking this nonsense page. Mxm
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Nywana mmene ka rumung ka moo😢😢😢
The nerve you have to publish this!
Even if he borrowed 50 000 . You aint about to blame me for what a lodge with a crocodile river didnt do. Yal just know this aint right
Makgowa le camping😒. I have consistently refused to go to my son’s school’s camping. No one is going to tell me to go sleep I. A tent in the bush. I will simply drop my kid in the rural area of Limpopo to experience real adventures.
So?
How do you allow a child to do river rafting without life jackets? Why would u buy a life jacket as if u going to cross the river daily? Anywhere were u do river rafting u get life jackets..this school must pay the larents
People don't understand the message behind this tweet
How could the child be allowed on the water without one? How did they not do a roll-call before & after the event?
Wow this is a new low for journalists. Haibo!
Why the fuck does someone have to pay for a life jacket ? That’s an essential if you’re going to do water activities. Don’t scapegoat the parents
Sies 🤮🤮🤮Really You just couldn’t wait hey?! Nxah
I suspect bullying in this school...NPA should investigate this one.
Parktown boys must fire their entire administration after this rubbish
This is the same reason I unfollowe you, foolish wording on this headline
Same barbaric acts are happening in many schools in Mpumalanga and the Dept is waiting to see kids dying before stopping the initiation practices in former model C schools like MHS
The MEC must investigate this and many more orientations taking place in many of these schools. Surely this is man made and the school knows about these initiations that usually lead to many unreported cases of learners being abused. Fire the principals and sgb that fund this
It's necessary to report on the money matter, you could do better.
What is the relevance of the father having borrowed money to pay for orientation? Does that justify what happened to his son? Is this supposed to shame the poor as deserving of tragedies as happened to the Mpianzis? This is shameful. ST must retract this story n apologise.
Kushoniwe nd this is the most responsible reporting u could utter.
Is it important for you to tell us that he borrowed the money Ok’salayo he paid it mos. lemarete man!!
These MFs should be added on the 'sue them all' list...
Any “camp” that makes people pay extra for life jackets should be shut down immediately!!!
DELETE this shit!!!!!!!!!!
Life jackets should be provided by the event organizers. How does whomever organized the even allow a young man to participate in that exercise? All those who where part if organising n coordinating should be suspects n persecuted for gross negligence.
This was not the first student to drown at that camp! Why is the camp still running?
Something is terribly wrong with our media.
He should have been provided with a life jacket then before he went into the water. Why is it called a life jacket ? To save your life if you are in trouble in the water. Why ?
Did we really have to know if he borrowed the money for the camp? Mxm this journalists 😳
How is this even relevant to the actual story?
This is irresponsible reporting. Sensational and illogical. An all time low for Sunday times and ur journalists ☹️
Be that as it may, this does not exempt your favourite school from negligent which resulted in death of a learner. The principal had the audacity to call the parent to display their irresponsibility.
Schools shld hang their head in shame. No regard for struggling parents barely able to scrap together enough for education & uniform yet they burden parents with all sorts of extra costing(& unnecessary) extra muriels.& worse choose a venue who cant supply life jackets.shame on u
Mohlakoana_RT I doubt this is true.
The same school that allowed some idiot so called waterpolo coach to rape young boys for many yrs. Same school that doesn't care abt kids out there in a river. What will it take for this fuxkt up school to protect kids? Now this stupid media comes out with irrelevant statement
Hemaan, back in 2003 or 4 I went to a similar camp to Durban that included a number of Gauteng schools. We did a lot of activities including rafting. I was afforded a 'LIFE JACKET'. And the rule back than was that nobody went rafting without a safety jacket.
Trying to spin this against the parents. So crass 🤮🤢
How dare you?!😡
Y’all quite disgusting for bringing up the R800.
Sooooo very sad. Heartbreaking. Prayers and strength to all impacted
Life jackets must be supplied by the venue. No excuses. No exceptions. No additional costs.
This sounds like the family took the boy to a school that they don't afford, also the boy shouldn't have gone if they couldn't afford the trip. On the life Jacket and the lodge failing to give one for free, I will listen on the radio...
Shame on u
Whether they borrowed money or not it's none of your business le report ditshila
Dear TimesLive what does this have to do with anything? Be ashamed.
This is some type of tabloid reporting and the headline is soo dumb. The person who typed this deserves all that's coming Their way and I hope its bad. Someone lost their child
Msunu yenu!! Nx 🙄
A boy passed away and your headline is about a Father who borrows money for camp?🙄
Tuso BLACKSTAR.... journalist behind the headlines.
This is soo sad
Niyanya misunu yenu
That family should sue. They have grounds to win big
Bastardisation of the poor. Like clockwork really.
They wrote this to sell and not once thought of the impact it has to the family . What am evil world we Live in
Desperately trying to degrade the grieving family. Whoever approved this nonsense to be published need to have their moral sanity checked.
refilweafrica Kengoku, is that a crime 💔😰🤔🙄
Who wrote this stupid article? What does this have to do with the boy dying at the care of people who was supposed to look after him?
I know they won’t see it but thier audience will
Every single teacher who was on the camp including the principal should be suspended until cause of death is established. If it never is, they must stay suspended indefinitely. Lesufi ya’ll are taking this way to lightly!
and now this .shem
WHAT THE FUCK?
Sad! 😪😪😪
Wow so it has finally come to this? What does this have to do with the child drowning
Mzanz has so much content, you write abt this 😷
Are you implying that the father is failing that's why the boy drowned and died?
Bullshit I expected better from you! Its not an excuse
So?
Not news guys, u can do better
Oh okay, so poverty killed him? 🤷🤔
You are a disgrace and every other media outlet who push this headline - THE BOYS FATHER IS GRIEVING HIS LOST CHILD
Awubuke lama didi abhalani mxm
What kind of Mickey Mouse camp was this? I’ve never been to a camp that didnt supply safety equipment
Blocking you guys. Please hire journalists not this nonsense.
Amanyala guys! Amanyala! You’re exposing the parents’ poverty to protect that school! I’m in disbelief!!
Times like I wish I was an independent investigator. This looks like a good case to crack. The is a hand at play here that is trying to hide the truth. Foll
This is disgusting how would the family feel after reading this very insensitive😖
The parents probable were not even told they would be swimming involved
Caucasians and their Initiations
You are disgusting
Did every other learner except him have a life jacket?
This is how they twist & channel the outcomes of the investigation. Msunary at it's best. South Africans must stand up against Lesufi & this school. EducationGP new about this school program & it's their job to ask questions of safety etc. PhakamaSouthAfrica
That's heartless reporting
This makes me soooo angry. My heart bleeds for the boys family
Seriously now Times Live? ☹️
Imithetho yokugibela leshadis ithini if bamyeke wagibela without life jacket?
Insensitive headline
I feel for the family of the boy. Can't understand why he was allowed on the water without a lifejacket
What’s this article on about? So unnecessary! Now it’s about the family’s socio-economic status? So for them to be accorded sympathy and respect they must have been shitty R800? Don’t schools make these orientations compulsory? What must the father have done then?
kanti why are you news outlets giving us shiit headlines about this story as if the family could’ve predicted that the school would be careless 😒 - do better with your platform
You are bogus.Your company must check your qualifications again and where you got them.your work maan ah ah it not professional
Well then he shouldnt have participated in the water activity. Or the school or resort should have lent him one.
Even if he had borrowed a million oksalayo it won't change the fact that his child died in the car of his school!....Tsek !!!
Tsek to the journo and editor
So what? Someone’s child is no longer and this is the best headline you can come up with? Fuseg man!
Implying 😳😠💔
The school should have supplied the Life jacket. Although the parents can't get their son back, they should sue this school for big bucks.
I must unfollow Sunday Times and Block them.
Masepa Lona Sunday Times. Tsek
You can twist this all you like. Someone is responsible for child's death. Why did they let him on the raft without a life jacket?
What journalism is this?
And than what
Is it going to be paid back by you? What does R800 have to do with this tragedy? I don't have money to subscribe to or buy your tabloid so I can get all the tripe but hoekom?
Trash 🗑
Nonsense excuse. Surely if these guys were serious about the safety of all the kids they would have excluded children without life jackets from participating in the activity. Also where were the life guards? So many things wrong with this whole case. I feel for the family.
This headline is so distasteful 🤮
Kids who can’t swim should not be allowed near water while at school.
Are you insinuating that it's the parents' fault? BLAME THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR NEGLIGENCE! BLAME THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR NEGLIGENCE! BLAME THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR NEGLIGENCE!
So? Should you not be focusing on what really happened to the Boy?
Take this down
But what does a life jacket has to do with a child death...sies man someone lost a son.why is a black life so cheap?...
Sunday Times is trash.
You make a plan and get one! You don't let a child who can't swim get on a damn self-made shitty raft!
How do you in good conscience let a child go on a river, when he can't swim, without a life jacket!? Fire EVERYONE!!!
Rubbish journalism. What an insensitive headline. Sies man
Life jackets should not be an option or at a price. Safety first should not cost a bloody cent. Stop trying to divert accountability.
Is this news worthy? Family is grieving, have respect please.
RulzKay1_ Yey we are sick and tired of this irrelevant headline. Have you interviewed the adults at the camp about what happened?
Stupid headline.
This headline though?
Delete this
SAEditorsForum - this newspaper is DISGRACEFUL! ABSOLUTE RUBBISH JOURNALISM THIS!!!
Wat level of msunerry reporting is this
Nizizirhama yekaka yenja.Rhaaa
This is actually embarrassing to read! The family is going through enough without your silly headlines.
Can black lawyers help the parents of this kid and take up this case. Someone should be in custody right now with 'investigations' still in progress. Something fowl here, someone needs to be accountable. Fighting white people with money is not easy but can be done. Im sad.
The fact that the parents could not afford a life jacket is irrelevant! What controls did the teaching staff who were on duty have in place?! They were unaware the child was not accounted for!! Sheer negligence on the part of the school!
They must still sue
What are you implying with this rubbish piece?
Absolute scum of a 'newspaper' is SundayTimesZA
Y’all are full of shot for this caption !
This is why I stopped buying this newspaper. I don't even open their website or click on their links. Masepa
Vicious and evil headline.
This is irrelevant when has anyone been allowed near a river without a life jacket? Also who ever pays for their own life jackets? Those are always part of the package
Baggio857 ?🙆🏾♂️
Bull ba skatlo dlala ka rena, if the issue was him not having the life jacket then they should have not let him participate
Y'all are mastering the click bait thing ne? The internet has got you by the balls, anything for revenue right?
You honestly think the public is STUPID!! That boy's life matter. Parents have to sue the school and as the public we deserve to know the truth.
This is a stupid headline period...
So they relied on life jackets no Teacher supervision No lifeguard on site even when the boat capsized no one cared to ask if everyone is safe? Please stop this bullshit.
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Delete this!!!!!!
Your bloody point? 😡
So what?... all parents sacrifice a lot for thier children... nothing new there 🤷🏿♂️
Sad, there are rules to these things, for every 10 children you need at least 3 adult supervisors for such a trip. Discipline must be close to military when life may be in danger. Much disregarded advice. Trips Involving large numbers of young people need a lot of sobriety. RIP.
And you feel it's relevant to make it a headline. You people are disgusting.
What's this got to do with their grieving ? What is it got to do with the fact that someone took their eyes off a vulnerable young boy in their custody ? Several heads must roll first no news here, black families have always stopped nothing when it comes to their kids education
The family should just sue the Dept & the school
Times Live is trash for even insinuating this shit
How is this important? Why is it important? 😡😡
I really don’t know how this article was published in the first place. Like did they read it? I just -
The borrowing of money and not affording life jacket is irrelevant; the issue is Why was He Allowed to River Raft without the necessary Protection? Those Adults who made this decision should be charged with Manslaughter!
Trying to pin this to the parents now... The school must take responsibility.
Even NYSC provides life Jackets for corps members crossing the water. 💔
Oh wow, so its the parents fault?
Muzoba
So wait, hol’up?! So that R800 camp fare debarred a life jacket? How pathetic of this article! 🤢The family is still grieving for crying out loud!
Begs the question, why do we force ourselves into Schools we cannot afford. I am by no means justifying why the had not life jackets. So the School allows pupils to swim without safety gear....all in the name of ' your parents cannot afford safety' ? This is pathetic
You should take down this article.
And so it begins. They're going to try anything possible to distance themselves form taking responsibility. Also who okayed this article? I can't imagine what the parents must be going through. But this, this right here...
The camp site must be closed. Shutdown
Why is this story still up this is shameful
This is bullshit walking article. What are you trying to achieve? Stop focusing on reporting about nonsense and tell us what happened to Enoch..
Black Child😭sadly yu are on your own
Oh No... Father Gawd, how is this even news beats my black behind! 😳😩🤷♀️🙈
I dont see how this is relevant to the death of his son
Are you actually financially shaming parents who's child drowned? Jesus wept. Be better.
Fire whoever wrote this headline.
So basically he was drowned intentionally because his parents couldn't afford life Jacket?
You guys can do so much better than this waitse?
You journalists make me sick. Making statements in inverted commas, then you’re safe, but you have stirred and blamed and insulted all in between those punctuation marks. Dispicable!
We don't blame sides here,let the investigations take place. All parents are urged to discipline their kids while at younger age how to conduct themselves. To listen,take instructions and respect. Educators and school staff are also playing the role of parents despite academics!
You know I read somewhere that some households have banned media because they believe it was 'evil' ... yazi I can understand where they are coming from especially when I read headlines and articles like this. You perpetuate injustice!! Focus on enochmpianzi !!!!
The part of borrowing R800 where does it enter? Yerrr poor journalism😡😡😡😡
Now tryna pin it in the parents... eeew 🤮
Trash journalism!!!
you should be TimesDead
This is a disgusting headline. Has zero relevance to the story, which is a story of negligence on the part of the school. There is no reason to write about anything else. And that this even got published means the publication is led but a dumb fuck with no ethics code.
Sooooo?
'Apparently the victims father owed sars'
OBJECTION TIMES LIVE WHAT IS THE RELEVANCE OF WHAT YOU ARE TELLING US?
NonhlanhlaHunt1
Am done with this insensitive rubbish newspaper.
Oh my word this is terrible‼️
This is so horrible my question is why were they no medics or life guards on site? What is actually going on.
Voetsek voetsek voetsek !!!!What ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT is this Voetsek!
Shifting the attention! South African media houses are always doing dity job for corporate SA! Independent media is running a similar headline.
That’s such a disgusting headline trying to shift the blame on parents for the loss of their child. Something went wrong, and the school should take accountability for its negligence on this matter.
Disgusting story...a childs life has been taken due to negligence
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Something is so wrong here and I'm so furious...I wish that Twitter can close this account now, inyamalale with this tweet...
Shame on you ! A child died and this is line of reporting that you choose😡
I hope you're not implying it's the parents fault
So they still let him participate in a water activity even though “his parents couldn’t afford a life jacket”?
Shocked at school. The school should have ensued pupils safety They at the least should have supplied life jackets
They should still sue. Trying to paint them as poor money-grabbers wont work.
Reckless article!!! You people are just disgusting for publishing this & using this headline. Sies.
This is disappointing journalism. If we can even ca it journalism. You people should be ashamed of yourselves.
Stop it!!
They shouldn't have been there in the first place.... How does a school plan such a trip without backup life jackets anyway? Just take responsibility for once and stop with these useless stories... Nxxxa!!!
So
Distasteful!
You’re trash for this headline.
These journalists and editors that push the submit button to such hogwash need to be listed and publicly shamed. Highly insensitive 🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾
Yaz this makes me so sad and upset 😡. Lesufi can u please explain what is happening here ?
If the life jacket was a requirement, why did they let this boy participate without one? Answer to this equals admission of negligence. Finish, somebody my sue the school and camp pro-bono to teach them a lesson.
This is a lie. 😢
The school needs to give the R800 back to the poor family and I hope at the very very least are going to pay for the funeral costs. Grossnegligence ParktownBoysCamp
Were you expecting the family to be millionaires? You’re not just stupid but idiots of newspaper.
The most rubbish ive read ever!! Your publication should be closed down! Poor journalism and pure sensationalism. Sies!
I'm tired of this nonsense.
It is a tradegy. The child could not be send without a life jacket. But why was he allowed to participate in the event without a life jacket? Who was in control? What precautions were taken? There must have been a serious absence of oversight. This should never have happened.
Sensationalism at its best mxm
So it’s the family’s fault? Fokof.
This is an extraordinarily disrespectful and ridiculous headline. Life jackets are never provided by parents, no matter their financial position. The blame lies squarely with the camp and the school. Please reconsider asap.
You would have done a better job if you tried to dodge that one,and try to include other facts not that of financial struggle from the father. We do borrow money if needs be,pay later and life goes on.
Shouldn't the camp provide the life jacket? How dare they allow the boy to board without a life jacket. They killed the lil boy
Ok but what does this have to do with the fact that a student died and was only reported missing hours later Make that make sense first before you start pushing nonsense agendas smh
When I was in grade 7, we went river rafting and we ALL had life jackets on. Everything that was catered for on the camp was all added up in the costs. Why in the hell are there 'additional costs'? Parktown Boys needs to take accountability for their negligence and stupidity.
The boys aunt said he learned swimming at the age of 5..so the drowning story does make sense but go ahead and publish this stupid story without investigation.
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This headline is a lie and misleading cos I know for Sure that at Nyathi you receive a life jacket to use for that specific activity...nonsense publication this ☹
What ever my source of funds is to ensure my kids get the best in life, must never be used to judge my character, cos I will never judge you or your character. For the remaining 50 Sunday’s of the year,you guys are mamparas of the week
Someone deemed it fit & proper that this should be the angle ST pursues! Someone deemed it fit & proper that this should be an article heading! Someone deemed it fit & proper that this should be an online article and tweeted it. LE MASEPA A BATHO KA NNETE
Bigger story should be be how the the other 4 or 5 kids on the life raft did not notice him....smelling a rat here , think this story is much bigger than we're privy.
So, are you saying the child deserved to die because father borrowed money? How do you know he borrowed money, who tokd you & why? Are you proud of this article? Sies🙄🙄
You telling me he was allowed to participate in the water activity or whatever WITHOUT A Freaken LIFE JACKET
Voetsek Sunday Times such disrespect
We sold our humanity, when we bought into capitalism.
So now the blame is on the parents? Wtf
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this was probably a bullying incident went wrong, now we are just being fed cover up stories, someone is being protected here
Why use this headline? There is a grieving family here. This is so insensitive.
I can’t read this article. Any screenshots?😭
So what if the father borrowed money for camp?
I don't think the life jacket was on the list of equipment kids should bring for the camp or was there a list so that we take it from there
MalumSid It's a white lie being pushed, the white kids surely had something to do with the black kids death I listened to the explanation the school gave it's not adding up. No white police man should handle the case
Trash journalism. Why are you not focusing on the school? Why did they wait to report Enoch missing? When was the head count done? But you would rather humiliate the grieving family.
Screw you
Wow
Y'all be swearing at times lives... why do y'all give them attention in the first place? Block them coz these motherfuckers never loved us. Stop entertain them, they're as irrelevant as they come. To hell with times live🖕🏾
Who wrote this?
Reeks of nigligence on parts of both the school and the lodge.
Yhuuuu ha.ah... I am so livid
What a stupid article, next time do your research, leave the spinning to politics
When you go on camp. You are provided with the necessary safety things. The only thing you bring is your sleeping back, clothes and money (just in case). This is rubbish. Also, why is the focus on how the family couldn’t afford things? Ftsek
Apart from this Life jacket scapegoat story...why didnt any adult supervisors realise he had fallen off the makeshift raft. Or his peers in the group? C'mon...this is very possibly a mix of bullying by peers & negligence of chaperones. No one noticed this kid fell off the raft?
you've gone rogue, what kind of headline is this? ParktownBoysHigh ParktownBoysCamp
This revelation is even more shocking than what has been revealed so far! Nobody should be allowed near water without a life jacket! Somebody needs to go to jail for this negligence!
This is the most nonsensical thing I’ve read all my life, to think there’s a journalist and an editor who came to an agreement to publish this...it’s like boarding a plane with your own oxygen musk for incase of emergency...
Hehe, please don't mislead people here into believing that it's parents' mistake. They did their best to satisfy their child, and u, You must do ur best to protect the child since he was in ur responsibility, borrowing money or not, is a loss of life because of ur mismanagement.
You guys are trash for doing this...
So What was the intention with this story?
Wow... You guys are disgusting. Sies!
Delete this plz. You r so insensitive. Anihloniphi.
Not news worthy!! Shame on your editorial team for allowing this as news.
Yoooh this paper trying to protect whites schools. The best way is to mock or insult blacks bcos we r poor. Wowww vry low to report this, whr are so called clever blacks
And Lona Times live, ain't shit for this headline.
This headline is so wrong. It's been on my TL all morning n I won't open read the article bcs this is shit journalism.
fmogopodi16
You are a DISGRACE to journalism. How much have you been paid to absolve resort & school from their responsibility & gross negligence in this death by not adhering to Safety in Recreational Water Activities Act of 2011? Life of a black child also matters,this is culpable homicide
Why isn't a life jacket included in the fees of a camp that has water activities? Why let a child without a life jacket get into the water? How was a headcount not conducted after this activity? Who were the adults? Who made all these decisions?
Each and everyone needs to be investigated,There culdv been lots of reasons why he drowned And it's very peculiar nobody saw anything.
So what, how is this relevant with him being missing and found dead without the school noticing that one of their learners was lost
Pho?
Honestly you are torment the grieving parents by exposing their financial status at this very juncture. Is this human at all? What has this to do with the irresponsible lodge's doing?. Are you suggesting he deserved to die because his parents were less fortunate EFFSouthAfrica
Between the fuckers who stole my sister's tombstone and the writer of this article, I don't know who's more repulsive. The state of mankind today ...
your reporting is so biased and it is clear that you are protecting the school. I have been to many camps myself and there is no such thing that parents need to provide a life jacket if their child is going to a camp. Sies you can do better than this. Show compassion!
You guys are just rubbish!!!!
Lilly_Shezi
But why allow him to go onboard without a life jacket😳surely that’s a basal safety measure🤷🏽♂️
How can you even Publish this nonsense? If he didn't pay for it why was he allowed in the Water then what's the policy aysuka
You should be ashamed of yourselves!!
Pay attention to the two that wrote this article... 💀
Rubbish 'Journalism'
Yaaa this story neh😭💔
Distasteful and disgraceful journalism at its best!
nonsensical, schools such as park town don’t allow your child to partake in an activity of the requirements are not met. singaxelelwa inonsense apa
The media humiliating a grieving father is sick... This is why we must unsubscribe and stop supporting this heartless entreprise. SundayTimesZA
Something doesn't add up yet again. I highly doubt that only those who could afford could wear a life Jacket. Going in a boat, ANY boat, life jackets are compulsory, or else you don't get in the boat. Even People searching for Enoch needed life jackets. Times live just selling
If they(school or the camp) could not seemingly even check the list of who went in to the water and who came out, forget about them checking who is wearing a life jacket and who is not.. negligence is what all this looks like to me, and an innocent life was lost in this mess😭
Utter rubbish. Trash journalism. The pits I tell you
This is the headline y’all have chosen to use?
What’s this got to do with the responsibility of the school in ensuring the safety of the kids? Teachers, SGB, education department (for not having protocols for camping which schools must follow) failed these kids. ParktownBoysCamp ParktownBoysHigh
You're trying too hard to come up with a backup story and that's very disturbing and insensitive. Show some respect for the mourning family.
Apparently the marks on his body suggest he could have been raped if I'm correct his parents said the boy could swim But I guess this is the type of cover up is going to use
Irrelevant.
Journalists in South Africa do not have any moral code. Whatdoes theborrowing of money have to do with the boy's death? You are disgusting
This is kak journalism... I hope the parents sue the school and you.
UnfollowTimesLive Ridiculousness must end in 2020.
Delete this nonsense
What are you trying to achieve with this nonsensical headline?
This article is in poor taste! Imagine losing your child so tragically and then having some pathetic news organization telling the world you couldn’t afford something, if he didn’t have a jacket, he shouldn’t have been allowed to the activity
This headline is EXTREMELY in bad taste... take this down now
I know you're a journalist who is under pressure to get clicks.. but you don't have to do it like this. This is the gutter.
So what?So did the source of funds contribute in anyway to the boys demise?smh.
RozaneMannel What a crock. Safety equipment should be provided.
Can I donate something towards the costs for what it's worth?
Is the Sympathy to the lose of the Family .Eish Media some times.
Haaibo!!! Someone died and your focus is on borrowing money!? Sies and shame on you and your editor!!
Futsek!
Are you people legit jas?
Parktown released a statement like they are not to be blamed. This needs to be taken to court. The law needs to intervene here.
I'm not sure if I'm angry at the place for not providing the child with a life jacket or the school for allowing him to take part in the activity or for choosing to run with the narrative of the parents could not afford a life jacket, like it's the parents fault...
people need to be held accountable for the things they put out so Baggio857 & GraemeHosken what were you trying to achieve here
O wow O wow. So they value money more than life..... This world!
Wtf
So the white media have found ways of spinning this case to look like it's a father's (who wasn't there) fault. We know for a fact the boy wouldn't have taken part in that water activity (without life jacket) with his father around. It's still your favorites' negligence...
This right here is absolute bull shit.
Dear MEC Lesufi, Section27news is happy to assist in developing codes of conduct for camp safety
Does it matter?
And they allowed a child on the water without a life jacket who was most likely never had learnt to hold his breath . Am appalled at this tragedy with no self blame whatsoever ! This is totally unacceptable and every person snx group must take responsibility including students
Niyanya nina manje!!!
ey niyiminqundu yaz nina
This smells of a cover up, no guide/teacher was with the boys to recognize that they fell off a raft, once back on dry land no roll call was done? The school was Irresponsible in all aspects in my view
Somebody must account.
Where's the other article regarding the grade 7 pupil that had drowned on Wednesday at the primary school hostel in magaliesburg? It's bizarre that the department only heard about it later Friday 😠😠😠😠
Your writing team has rotten hearts. What a stupid headline!
The ‘Worthlessness’ of being a No body is really very ‘Expensive’ ParktownBoysCamp
Y’all are so insensitive😳WTH is wrong with y’all?
What the fuck is this? Really is this the best you can write after someone death...
No man these people must stop this lying. Just admit you phucked up, your initiation rituals went horribly wrong. Money is no consolation but pay for that mess, get arrested if you must, pay those parents for the pain, suffering and funeral costs and lets all call it a day...
😢 Sad, unnecessary and unforgivable. RIP
I hope y'all file for 189 soon...
Nxaaaaaaa? Publishing nonsense again. Shaming the parents I see! 🤬🤬🤬 What does borrowing money have anything to do with his son dying?
Okay but what does that have to do with the matter at hand? Haibo ?
Maybe the orientation camp should not have water activities if they cannot provide the necessary safety equipment.
Wow, what a shitty headline. I guess telling the whole world about dad's finances is a real scoop.
So all the other participants had those jackets? If the answer is yes than why did they allow him near the waters?
Sometimes you will wonder if *SOME* of this so called journalist have some humanity at all because.... Woooow!!!
Since when do patriots provide their own life jackets? Never in my life have I done a water activity and had to provide my own life jacket, NEVER. If there weren't any provided, there activity was cancelled, simple as that. Times Live wa swabisa le wena, oh wait, le bjalo🤬🤬
Every article makes things worse😔
Since when do you pay for a life jacket separately? Even if this was true [which I don't think it is] why allow the child to go on with the activity?
Utter negligence!
Wow! Journalism neh
Don't get outraged. Everyone should just report this page.
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Borrowed R800? How is this changing anything? Why did we have to know this? Will this bring back his son? How is this relevant? 'father lost his son in a school camp' is what we want to know and how. Not the R800 story. Sies maan🙄🙄🙄
What kind of journalism is this?
Media 24 has turned into a circus
This headline is unnecessary
Really? All you concentrating on is the father's financial status instead of reporting on what cause the drowning or maybe who is behind? Better yet is it perhaps orientation initiation gone horribly wrong
This is really so infuriating.
Please respect...us the fact they couldn't afford a life jacket is irrelevant. Your job is not to make excuses for negligence.
This is so insensitive. What’s the relevance of where he got the money?
Haibo, le masepa weitse.
Being a black child in SA is such a sad thing, if this was a white child we would have seen different outcry
What tf are you saying?
Irresponsible reporting by these bloody settlers
You really ran this headline?
Biggest load of BS. This is just outright negligence- life jackets are provided in any water activities- you never have to supply your own !!!
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What fuckery is this?!?!? Enoch EnockMpianzi
Shame on you.
If this was a white or Indian kid, heads would be rolling
Umsangano nje wodwa lo. cant you let the family grieve in peace?
The times we live in, what nonsense head line is this?
What exactly does this have to do with the school letting the child die?
This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Then why did they allow the child to participate if he didn't have a life jacket? 🚮🚮🚮
Our media at its best.
BigDaddyDees89 He was in the care of the school!😡 Shameful that apart from the father losing his son, you TimesLIVE feel humiliation is in order😡😡 Why lead with this poor man could not afford... you make me sick🤮. This boy died a horrible death, have EMPATHY
Wow is this news worthy? It doesn't matter what the father did, can we focus on what really happened to the boy? Mxm
You are disgusting
No no no no , this is below the belt. How do you think the family will feel after reading this. Who is the journalists behind this
Publish BS and watch the public go nuts is a new selling technique.
It shouldn't be the parents' responsibility to provide life jackets at a camp site! And this is such a poor headline...get your journalism skills up to scratch!
So now the parents are to blame...👀
Mare le di ntja watse.
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Wow trash
Miss_Setwaba
This headline makes no sense. Where in the world does one have to pay extra for a life jacket? It should be standard for all rafting/river activities. How can you make kids participate if the relevant safety gear isn't provided? How dare you place blame on the parents.
So much lack of ethics displayed in this article. Shaming the parents is the best this publication could up with instead of reporting on the negligence and lack of care from the school when dealing with kids who are in their care on a school camp.
Manje were do we bother entertaining such.. So what if he borrowed money just like any other parent would have done
Then why let him participate without life jacket?This it's just a dumb cover up.
EdzziM White people doing what they do best looking for loopholes 🤦🏽♂️
Life kackets are std issue for kids camps by venue & should have been supplied without additional payment by NyathiBush. It is a duty of care. An outrageous way to shift liability from the school & the camp. The school should not have allowed it. shameful ParktownBoysCamp
If he didnt have a life jacket he shouldnt have been allowed on the raft! Why are they trying to shift blame?
You guys are out of line and tone deaf. Sies!
Insensitive headline.
So what the father borrowed money, how is that anyone’s business? And like like some have said the life jacket should have been provided to all the pupils at no extra charge! A life has been lost and people don’t want to take responsibility! 😫
Let's report the tweet.
So
You guys have to shame
How does borrowing money to give your child the same experience as his peers somehow linked to them dying? This is a terrible headlong and this is unnecessary information.
Sies zinja 🤮🤮🤮🤮
A campsite for children activities should have life jackets as a business requirement. Who buys life jackets on the spur of he moment?!
Imagine Safair telling us to pay extra for seat belt. A basic safety measure being treated like a luxury extra mnxm. How dumb!
You guys should be questioning the school instead. Why did it take so long to raise the alarm? Why did the school ask the dad if his son was at camp? Why wasn't roll call done after the activity? Why isn't the school taking responsibility?
Maaaaaka!!
Life jackets are free though inclusive to activity oh wow
Take this story down, you blaming this family for this child's death just because they dnt have money
Was it necessary to publish this wethu🙄😑
Sensationalism 😮. Are we shifting blame to the parents now
Yoh ☹
What’s that got to do with the boy’s death? Was the father wrong? Why not make a headline about how devastated the family is?
This is utter nonsense! These grieving parents have to contend with such.
Ukhuluma ukunya wena
I bet the narrative would be different it was another. Is it necessary to say the father borrowed the money for whatever reason. This headline is besides the point
I saw this lady on the news. According to his mother 1) The boy could swim well. 2) It took an entire day to realize he's missing. 3) When they found him he had bruises on his body and 4) No underwear on.
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R800! Why? I mean no one looked after the boys save matric kids. No life jackets, why R800 then?
One of the most pathetic excuses you will ever hear after the death of a child. Surely the school should be checking that all kids have the necessary gear and make arrangements where necessary.
AlMokgalaka Also, if the father bottowed R800 to pay for orientation, then surely the life jacket should be included. 🤔
No matter how hard they tru to twist the story, they are in big shit!!! How do you allow the kid to get on the boat if he didn't wear his life jacket? Matshila fela.
Are u kidding? So a school charges the parent R870 for the school trip plus for a life jacket (bizarre). But if the jacket is not paid for, then lets the learner go on a water activity anyway without the jacket! No way am I buying this! ParktownBoysCamp
This story keeps getting worse💔
Another ST cockup. Have never, in 30yrs been to a school camp where life jackets are not freely available for water activities such as raft building. 1hr building 15 min max on water 15 min pack up. No one is expected to buy/pay for life jacket for 15 Min. ST did not check
It’s called providing for your kid by any means necessary Your point?
They will do anything to save their reputation, if he didn't have one why didn't another student borrow him or why didn't the teachers refuse for him to participate in that activity
So what was the boy doing in the water then?
How is this relevant to the boy's demise?
Not defending the school one bit, but where do you guys get your information. Has the Sunday Times stopped to such a level of blatantly lying, parents were asked to pay 870 for the camp, at no time were we asked to pay for life jackets.
I book river cruises, booze cruises for clients. Imagine when they get there that a life jacket is an extra cost.... No no no! You do a water excursion, you include life jackets, even for adults ffs!
I remember I having to pay for outings but I don't remember having to pay for the life jacket for the water activities seperately. Was the bed charged seperately too? What exactly did the R800 include then? Also TimesLive no one is subscribing to read this garbage article.
Dear God... this is so tragic. These poor parents 😢
What Do You Mean 'Couldn't Afford A Life Jacket' Aren't Those Offered For Free By The Institution Or Place That Is Offering Water Activities.. ?
This is outrageous a spin like this, they should not have let him do the activity then! This school is shocking
To ensure the beloved Parktown school emerges squeaky clean from this, let's blame the parents. Black life is so cheap.
That’s irrelevant! His financial status did not cause his son’s death, someone who was responsible for the care of the child did not do their job. Answers are needed!
Why would anyone have to provide their own life jacket? Have these people actually lost their flipping minds! I actually can't deal with the nonsense that is coming out.
Guys please report this tweet.
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'Couldn't afford a life jacket'. Do not try to let the parents feel guilty. The headmaster must resign!
Activities in water, on home built rafts, large numbers of testosterone pumping adolescents and poor adult supervision, is a recipe for disaster. Was this initiation or orientation?
This story breaks my heart. The things we do to give our children a good education. The school even camp should have provided life jackets, why are they being given a free pass? The school and camp should pay. How many more deaths have occurred there and didn't get publicity? 🤔
There is no way that any camp excludes children on the basis of affordibility. If you're at camp, everything has been paid for and safety is of utmost importance. So this here is rubbish
Consequence of negligence PARKTOWN_BOYS Lesufi Eusebius dailymaverick
Parktown boys ya mao finish en kla
And so
You are irresponsible and negligent! This is absolutely disgusting . You are completely missing the point here . This article is absolute trash
Park town Boys High School has been reckless here. Is it because it's a black child. Someone must account - if not the Principal
Le reporta masepa.
Hope he doesn't blame himself
This isn't it at all.
Le masepa apampiri Yoh... Teying to exhonorate the school. This is indicative of serious issues at ParkTownBoysHigh such that they need a whole trash newspaper to do their dirty work, and the boy hasn't even been buried as yet... Le masepa Yoh.
Shame on you news editor!!!! You went below low sies!!!
So they're now trying to shift a blame ?wht was he allowed to get on the boat without that jacket?
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But the camp is supposed to supply the life-jackets for free🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
Haska akho lonto apha tshi
This is thoroughly annoying me now as all of this garbage is the school wanting to take accountability that this boy died on their watch. Why even allow anyone without a life jacket to take part in water activities.This is nonsense from the school.PBH must just sit down already
Nonsense,what are the camp fees for if they cant offer life jackets to kids.And if he did not have it why allow him to participate in that activity.Stop spinning negligence
What It is still their fault!! They should not have allowed him to do water activities or better not get to camp!! The school cannot spin this! It is on them!!!
Did he really afford parktown boys then?
This article is spreading false rumours and is not factual....
ParktownBoysCamp so the school or camp site could not borrow a life jacket for him, that's rubbish, the campsite should have life jackets if river rafting is one of the activities
No life jacket no water activity. Don't the school ask if one can swim or not?
Oh. Okay. So that makes it alright to let him participate in a water activity then without the safety of a life jacket!? Unacceptable.
Eeeeh what nonesense is this. You are reporting nonesense
There is more to this story a kid goes missing for a whole day
School fees are R55000 plus other levies. Just saying
Imagine if the deaths of the circumsion camps in the Transkei got so much attention
Fine, then he shouldn't have been allowed to partipate in the river activity. Period.
Then clearly, responsible audults shouldn’t have not allowed him to partake in the water based activity! Safety First😡
This article is none sense.
Why r they spinning the story now😭😭😭😭 yoooooo God
Can't afford a life jacket but you took your child to Parktown boys High,10 years ago that school was around R50,000 pa per child.I don't know now.
Oh God. 😭😭😭
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