"While sympathetic to the ongoing pain of the parents and a child struck by tragedy at a private crèche in Bredasdorp, we believe that the Constitutional Court was right in this case to keep the door to provincial liability closed.

In August 2018, tragedy struck at a private crèche in Bredasdorp (Western Cape). A five-year-old girl suffered a severe brain injury while playing on a swing. A loose beam collapsed on her, causing permanent disability. Uncontested expert evidence indicated that the swing’s design was defective and that failure to address continuous wear and tear would probably cause such an accident. "

Read the full article from Nurina Ally and Tessa Peacock in the Daily Maverick.

Nurina is part of a three-person team offering the re-invigorated International Rights of the Child in 2022 as part of the Faculty's School for Advanced Legal Studies LLM course options (see the Course Highlights tab).