The deceased are Remember Mosoma, 11, a Grade 4 pupil at Buladikgoro Primary School; Nkosinathi Masilela, 9, a Grade 3 pupil at Rethakgetse Primary School; Mpho Mamabolo, 9, a Grade 2 pupil at Emasangweni Primary School and his cousin Nthapeleng Laka, 11, a Grade 5 pupil at Koos Matli Primary School.

The boys had gone on a hunting expedition on Saturday. Their bodies were retrieved from a dam at the City of Tshwane's Baviaanspoort waste water works plant, by divers on Sunday morning.

The owner of Mashile Funeral Services in Mamelodi West, Senex Mashile, has offered to bury the four free of charge.

The joint funeral service will be held at the Stanza Bopape Community Hall and they will be buried at the Heatherly Cemetery in Mamelodi East.

Mashile said another local undertaker, Phokwane Funeral Parlour, has offered the families transport while the City of Tshwane has donated the graves and flowers.

Meanwhile, Remember's father has blamed the municipality for the tragic deaths.

Shaun Nesane, 40, told Sowetan shortly before yesterday's memorial service at the Stanza Bopape Community Hall that when he took relatives to the scene of the drowning on Wednesday "we found workers busy putting up a fence around the dam. They were also draining the water".

" It is after we threatened legal action that they realised there was a need to fence off the dam . It is too late," he said.

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Aug 31, 2012

Kaylae

Babu Shaun indeed its too late but prevention is better cause no other children will drown in that dam again.Noble business men keep up the good work.Boys RIP
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Aug 31, 2012

PUPU

Mr mashile its for the second you offer to bury drown kids the first one drown at MAMELODI SWIMING POOL last now you are doing it again.My the MIGHTY GOD BLESS you and your busness in
SOUTH AFRICA we need more and more people like you.
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Aug 31, 2012

comtsotsi

Remember? Eish people have names out there.RIP to the young lions
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Aug 31, 2012

milagro

how do 9 years old go hunting.?RIP.
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Aug 31, 2012

Kaylae

comtsotsi
Remember? Eish people have names out there.RIP to the young lions
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Problem with our African people its direct translation.and it was gonna be nice in any African language Kgopolo,Khumbulani,Tsundzuka etc
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Aug 31, 2012

Vongsta

@ 2012milagro
how do 9 years old go hunting.?RIP.
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Good question and now the City is blamed for neglegance yama parents? which parent in a right state of mind will want his/her son go hunt without an elder's supervision? ja neh!
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