TMG Digital/The Times reports that the final resting place for five-year old Richard Thole will be the disused mine shaft in Boksburg he fell into three weeks ago.  

The family have been informed by Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina that they will not be able to give him a funeral as recovery missions have been permanently called off.  The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has concluded that the only safe option would be to leave the boy's body buried in the disused mine shaft in the Jerusalem informal settlement.  The SANDF was called in by Masina to assist in the recovery of the body after Mine Rescue Services were unsuccessful in their recovery operations.  The SANDF said in its report that, after evaluating the disused mine shaft‚ more lives were likely to be lost should the recovery operations continue.

• Read this report by Shenaaz Jamal in full at TimesLive
• See too, Search for boy trapped in mine shaft called off, at eNCA
• And also, SANDF to deal with future mine shaft falls, says Masina, at EWN

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