{"id":23563,"date":"2019-12-20T05:31:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T12:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=23563"},"modified":"2022-12-19T19:29:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T02:29:17","slug":"his-hands-were-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=23563","title":{"rendered":"His hands were up"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/markHeywood-michael-komape-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His hands were up<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His hands were up<br \/>He was reaching out<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So remarks the presenter\u00a0<br \/>interviewing Section 27<br \/>on morning SAFM radio<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His hands were up<br \/>five year-old Michael Komape&#8217;s\u00a0<br \/>he drowning in a pit toilet<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(learners and teachers<br \/>forced to learn and teach<br \/>in the state we are in)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His hands were up<br \/>He was reaching out<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now there is justice<br \/>some 5 years later<br \/>his family awarded\u00a0<br \/>damages for emotional<br \/>shock and grief<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A most appalling<br \/>and undignified death<br \/>says the judgement<br \/>(Supreme Court of Appeal)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SAFM interview also<br \/>tells us of the insensitivity<br \/>and callousness of officialdom<br \/>in this regard<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(have we lost our principles<br \/>along with so much else)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His hands were up<br \/>He was reaching out\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How many more<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See \u201cMichael Komape&#8217;s family awarded R1.4 million in damages by appeal court\u201d (Franny Rabkin, Mail &amp; Guardian, 18 December 2019), and \u201cKomape family awarded R1.4 million for emotional shock and grief\u201d (Ciaran Ryan, 18 December 2019 \u00a9 2019 GroundUp).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Komape family was represented by public interest law firm SECTION27<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2017-11-30-op-ed-death-of-a-dream-the-short-life-and-death-of-michael-komape\/\">Daily Maverick<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His hands were up His hands were upHe was reaching out So remarks the presenter\u00a0interviewing Section 27on morning SAFM radio His hands were upfive year-old Michael Komape&#8217;s\u00a0he drowning in a pit toilet (learners and teachersforced to learn and teachin the state we are in) His hands were upHe was reaching out Now there is justicesome [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[731,5243,6046,83,732],"class_list":["post-23563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-david-kapp","tag-limpopo","tag-michael-komape","tag-south-africa","tag-the-very-unfortunate","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23563"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26721,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23563\/revisions\/26721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}