By Bongiwe Zwane-Maseko
A three-year-old boy died after a bookshelf collapsed on him at a creche in Bedfordview, Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Gauteng education MEC Matome Chiloane said he was disheartened by the death of the child at his school in Bedfordview.
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“We wish to convey our condolences to the family, friends, and the school community,” Chiloane said.
The father of the two-year-old toddler has accused the preschool of negligence. Kganya Mokhele was in a classroom with other children and teachers at the Little Ashford preschool when the bookcase lined
with toys fell on him.
According to Bedfordview and Edenvale News, the staff managed to remove the bookcase and move the toddler, who was bleeding, to another room to administer first aid.
Kganya, who was a month shy of celebrating his third birthday, was transported by ambulance to Linksfield Hospital where he was certified dead, the local news site reported.
A heartbroken Ntaote Mokhele, speaking to EWN, accused the preschool of negligence for failing to properly secure the shelf.
