Drain where toddler drowned still open — seven years later

As a distraught Kariega mother told a Gqeberha court how her 17-month-old daughter had drowned in  an open stormwater drain, it emerged that the same drain was still standing open — seven years later.

Little Jos-Lynn Olifant’s parents are now suing the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality for nearly R4m in damages...

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