Police have opened an inquest docket after the drowning of seven-year-old Likhanye Cwethu in a dam in Marikana informal settlement, Philippi East, on Thursday afternoon.
Community leader Nosi Nkuhlu said several children had drowned in the area before. There are no preventable measures, like putting a fence around the dam. These dams are worrying because we are now starting summer, and these children will continue playing here, said Nkuhlu.