Khayalethu Magadla

2022 - 7 - 2

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Body of Khayalethu Magadla found (TimesLIVE)

The body of five-year-old Khayalethu Magadla, who fell into a manhole while playing with friends in Soweto in June, was found on Saturday afternoon at the ...

We send our deepest condolences to the family in this time of difficulty and hope they find closure now that Khayalethu is found,” she said. Johannesburg EMS spokesperson Nana Radebe-Kgiba said Magadla was found in the splitter chamber on the first manhole towards the sump situated near the cemetery. The body of seven-year-old Khayalethu Magadla, who fell into a manhole while playing with friends in Soweto in June, was found on Saturday afternoon at the Eldorado Park Cemetery wastewater plant.

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Tembe: Search teams faced challenges during search for ... (eNCA)

Johannesburg Public Safety MMC David Tembe says robotics and the assistance of the police contributed to the recovery of the body.

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JUST IN: Khayalethu Magadla's body has been found (The South African)

The body of Khayalethu Magadla, the 6-year-old who slipped and fell into a manhole in Dlamini Park, Soweto has reportedly been found.

On Thursday, 30 June, Tembe went to Soweto to visit Magadla’s family. However, according to television news channel, Newzroom Afrika, Magadla’s body has been found after weeks of searching. Various teams have been relentlessly searching for the missing 6-year-old.

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Gauteng boy's body found nearly 3 weeks after he slipped down ... (Independent Online)

The body of Soweto boy, Khayalethu Magadla, has been found almost three weeks after he slipped down an open manhole.

“Our thoughts and gratitude to all rescuers who were part of the search of Khayalethu Magadla from Monday, 13 June 2022 to date. - Robots to be used in search for Gauteng boy who fell into manhole while playing with friends - Still no sign of missing Gauteng boy who fell into open manhole

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Body of Soweto boy who fell in manhole found (Johannesburg Sunday World)

After 20 days of intense search for Khayalethu Magadla his lifeless body has been found on Saturday afternoon.

Our teams worked tirelessly to ensure that the family finds closure.” The Urban Search and Rescue teams have covered atleast 20km from Dlamini to Eldorao Park. Joburg Water has assisted immensely with drainage of water from different sewer systems,” she said. After long hours of waiting to identify the body since being alerted at noon, Magadla’s father, Lawrence, came out of the split chamber sobbing uncontrollably as he just found that the boy was his.

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Missing Soweto boy's body found at Eldorado Park wastewater plant ... (SABC News)

EMS urban search and rescue team have recovered the body of Khayalethu Magadla, who fell into an open manhole a few weeks ago at the Klipspruit wastewater ...

So they went in a couple of times in through different entrance and different manholes, but today they went into a very difficult manhole that they’ve been struggling to open for the last couple of days. Mjali elaborates, “…So for the last couple of days they’ve been working tirelessly, trying to reduce the water levels so that they could go in. The body of Khayalethu Magadla (6), who fell into a manhole in Soweto last month, has been found.

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Missing Khayalethu Magadla's body found after searching more ... (News24)

The body of missing little Khayalethu Magadla, who fell into a manhole while playing with friends in Soweto, was found near Eldorado Park Cemetery on ...

“It has been an excruciating 20 days for the family since the search began for the six-year-old boy. The EMS specialised team has consistently continued with the search throughout the challenging pipeline system. The boy's body was found in the splitter chamber of the first manhole towards the sump situated near Eldorado Cemetery.

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Khayalethu Magadla: Here's how the beloved boy's body was found (The South African)

The search and rescue team comprising of various disciplines has explained how the body of Khayalethu Magadla was recovered.

Magadla’s body was finally found on Saturday, 2 July by a rescue and recovery team comprising of various disciplines including emergency services and Joburg Water. “The EMS specialised team has consistently continued with search through the challenging pipeline system. ENTER NOW & WIN

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Body of Khayalethu Magadla found (HeraldLIVE)

The body of five-year-old Khayalethu Magadla, who fell into a manhole while playing with friends in Soweto in June, was found on Saturday afternoon at the ...

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Khayalethu Magadla | Family relieved after boy's body is found (eNCA)

The 6-year-old fell into a manhole at a park in Dlamini, Soweto three weeks ago.

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Body of Khayalethu Magadla found three weeks after six-year-old ... (Daily Maverick)

Twenty days after Khayalethu Magadla fell down an open manhole in Soweto, his body has been found, bringing some closure to his father Kholekile Magadla.

“Manholes are part of sanitation for municipalities and fall predominantly on the maintenance level. When my nephew fell and died, we showed the City officials the remains of the drain lid that were around the manhole,” he said. He said the manhole where Khayalethu was last seen was big enough to fit an adult body and is one of two in the area that had been without lids for more than two years. “All we know is he was playing in the park and fell into the hole around 2pm according to friends who were with him on the day. He blames the negligence of the government and poor infrastructure maintenance for his son’s disappearance. “The discovery of our son’s body brings the longed-for closure and relief to the family.

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