A toddler has died in hospital three weeks after being injured when an out-of-control bus crashed through the walls of his home during a protest in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, it was reported on Wednesday.

The Cape Times reported that the death of 20-month-old Nhlanhla Ngalo last week was the fourth resulting from the service delivery protest.

He was playing in the family shack on August 3 when a Golden Arrow bus crashed through the walls.  

Malungisa Ngalo told the newspaper that his son sustained a cut on the hip and internal bleeding.

“When I visited him last week, it seemed he was recovering...,” he said. However, his condition worsened: “When I visited him on Thursday morning, they made me sign papers because they said the cut was too deep and they might need to amputate his leg. They also told me that the internal bleeding had risen to his lungs.”  

The family was told on Thursday that he had died.

The bus driver, Sandile Hoko, lost control of the vehicle after being stoned by protesters.

He died when it crashed into a group of shacks.

A man in one of the shacks, Daniel Sass, was injured and died three days later.

And Xolela Poncho, 30, died after his truck was stoned, allegedly by protesters on Mew Way, on Monday night.

The City of Cape Town has offered a R50,000 reward for information leading to the successful prosecution of those responsible.

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Aug 15, 2012

cornelius

Thes deaths are on the conscience of the ANC and the ANCYL. Although there are legitimate demands, the ANCYL is behind the violent manner in which the protestrs are taking place, in accordance with their promise to make the province ungovernable as a means to try and unseat the DA. The do not know what a civilsed democracy means and the senior ANC leadership is too weak to tell them. Why are they not embarking on similar violent protestrs in other provinces ? Sies.

The ANCYL is taking this country down to the level of Zanu - PF style politics, and the economy of this country will go the same way as Zim. Where are the credible black leaders to halt this ?
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Aug 15, 2012

MommaC

Why is their right to protest held above a child's right to life?

With freedom comes responsibility. Some days, I'm not so very sure that our people should be given quite so much freedom as they wield it like a weapon of mass destruction.
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Aug 15, 2012

Sinudeity_

MommaC - Freedom to throw stones at vehicles and busses, freedom to burn down schools, freedom to burn tyres, freedom to k1ll babies.
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Aug 15, 2012

Poppitlove

We want schools - we get them, we burn it down
We want roads - we get them, we stone vehicles and throw stones
We want shops - we get them, we plunder and steal and bankrupt them
We want education - we get them, but are not willing to study and meet the standards, we burn it down
We want We want We want We want
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Aug 15, 2012

Poppitlove

And to add to my comment above...... after all is in smoke and ashes, we chant Viva Mandela...
It's a disgrace.
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Aug 15, 2012

cornelius

One is astounded at the silence of the loud, brave, militant ANCYL freedom fighting revolutionaries who usually spout their anti white, anti Cape, anti DA venom whenever there is an article with " Cape" in the headline.
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Aug 15, 2012

Pitseng

Good afternoon all

RIP my baby

It is really bad to see the scenes like this, I was in Nyanga on friday last week they threw stones to my car fortunate I was not hurt but they damage the car now my car is in for repairs. Is really bad, these people called a mayor because no one listen to them, th mayor aarived they throw the chairs to each other what type of people we are living with? They damage the robot and burn tyres on the road they complain about the traffic jam - and have excuses when arrive at work " I am late due to traffic because the traffic light are not working"
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Aug 15, 2012

1andonlybucs

this is getting out of hand!! the army must step in !!
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Aug 15, 2012

misslegal

this is wrong... free education but textbooks are being destroyed, new roads and service delivery but we destroy all the things which we get...ungrateful
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