Remember Mosoma, 11, a Grade 4 pupil at Buladikgoro Primary School; nine-year-old Nkosinathi Masilela, a Grade 3 pupil at Rethakgetse Primary School; Mpho Mamabolo, also aged 9, a Grade 2 pupil at Emasangweni Primary School; and his cousin Nthapeleng Laka, 11, a Grade 5 pupil at Koos Matli Primary School, were last seen alive by their families on Saturday morning when they went on a hunting expedition in Kameeldrift near the Baviaanspoort Correctional Management Centre.

Their bodies were retrieved from a dam at Tshwane's Baviaanspoort Waste Water Works plant by police divers on Sunday morning after a local hunter spotted two dogs and bundles of clothes next to the dam.

Remember's father Shaun Nesane, 40, of Phase 3 Mamelodi East, yesterday said he was seeking advice with the intention of taking legal action against Tshwane for having failed to put a fence around their property.

Nesane said: "They failed to provide security and signage in various languages. Had they done so, our children could still be alive because they could read."

He confirmed his son and friends used to go hunting with their dogs, "but I did not know they were going that far".

Nthapeleng's mother Susan Laka said she last saw him on Friday night when he went to bed.

"He left on Saturday morning while I was still sleeping. I was concerned on Saturday evening when I returned from work and found him still not at home," she said.

She searched for him at friends' homes and later alerted the Mamelodi and Cullinan police, who searched for the boys with local residents. The hunter led them to the dam. The dam is filled with murky water used for watering crops.

According to the manager of the Baviaanspoort Waste Water Works, Mossie Mostert, thieves stole the fence and signage.

"In my 17 years here, the fence around the property was stolen and replaced four times. People remove signs prohibiting trespassing."

- mckeed@sowetan.co.za

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Aug 28, 2012

tshepo10

May their souls rest in peace, gone too soon!!
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Aug 28, 2012

MGEEZ

very sad story indeed
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Aug 28, 2012

MommaC

So very sad :(
Please parents, know where your kids are, there are so many dangers out there

I understand the father's anger but the blame should be shared with the idiots who keep stealing the fence.
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Aug 28, 2012

Kaylae

Indeed very sad story.May their souls find perfect peace.

If i may ask what were they hunting for?
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Aug 28, 2012

Mokaubere

@Kaylae. Sowetan reported yesterday that they usually went hunting for rabbits.

Rest in peace little ones.
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Aug 28, 2012

Fizas

Growing up in mamelodi its normal to go hunting with dogs at that age but Kameeldrift thats on the otherside of the mountain - thats far!!!
Condolences to th families.
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Aug 28, 2012

RobinH

Kaylae: What do ALL little boys "hunt" for? Whatever they can find. I agree with MommaC. The metro can't be responsible for not keeping up with the speed at which people vandalise the country for scrap metal.
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Aug 28, 2012

mojamoragokekgoshi

sad indeed.
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Aug 28, 2012

Kaylae

@Mokaubere,thanks girl
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Aug 28, 2012

Dzel

Very sad story.

These kids went to swim in the dam though, how does the father even argue negligence. The other side of the coin is had he taught his son to swim he probably would still be alive. He must grieve his loss but pointing fingers and looking for a scapegoat is not going to bring his son back.

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