UPDATE | Homii Lifestyle Twins tragedy

DURBAN – Property firm Homii Lifestyle might discover itself in courtroom.

A preliminary investigation has made damning findings in opposition to the corporate on the Durban condo constructing the place twins Aphile and Aphelele Dlamini fell into an open raise shaft.

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Aphelele didn’t survive the autumn, whereas his sister stays in crucial situation.
It was the second deadly incident at that constructing, after twenty-year-old Andiswa Mantshongo fell to her dying in a raise shaft whereas visiting a pal in 2023.

A preliminary probe has discovered that the raise shaft the twins fell into was insufficiently secured. There was an absence of correct isolation and barricading on the raise entrance, and a failure to put up warning indicators to discourage entry.

Nontuthuko Mantshongo, the mom of the twins, says: 

“I felt inexplicable pain. Things became blurred. I did not even know what to say. It was an extreme pain, which to this day I still feel. And I think it’s something I need to learn to live with.”

eNCA’s Nkosikhona Malinga-Mnisi spoke to Jomo Sibiya, Employment and Labour Deputy Minister who stated that this was “a preventable incident by the way”. 

Sibiya has confirmed that they may converse to the Mantshongos, look into their case and supply all crucial help.

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