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It has been 10 years since Michael Komape died in a pit latrine, and yet very little has been done to prevent this tragedy happening again, writes Melanie Verwoerd.
Can anyone imagine a more horrific death than drowning in three metres of faeces in a dark hole? I can't.
Last week, yet another little child died after falling into a pit latrine. Langalam Viki was just four years old. She died at a place where she should have been safe – her preschool. It was one of her little friends that realised she wasn't in the transport after school and insisted that the teachers look for her. They then made the horrific discovery of her lifeless body in the pit latrine.
