Build One South Africa (Bosa) leader Mmusi Maimane has opened a case of culpable homicide against government over the death of a three-year-old girl. 🏛️ Read more on TheCitizenNews
“With the constant unscheduled load shedding in Bromhof, we constantly depended on the oxygen cylinder. There were days when we wouldn’t have electricity for hours, and I would need to drive to my mother’s place in Roodepoort to plug the concentrator in so my child could breathe.”
She said the family was not aware that City Power had scheduled a planned maintenance for the area when her three-old-year run out of oxygen.“We got into the car with her and drove to the hospital. Halfway to the hospital, she died in my arms,” James said. James also said she hoped her daughter’s death was not being used as a political strategy by Maimane and his party.
“I would’ve liked the party to contact me about this decision they made so that I could’ve [explained] what actually happened, and how the maintenance of load shedding played a role in reaching this sad point in our lives.”
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