Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi confirmed today that the Boksburg gas tanker explosion death toll now stands at 41.

He adds that the police’s investigation has been completed and the docket has been forwarded to the relevant authorities for a prosecution decision.

Help still needed

The various NPOs that continue to help affected families need donations and volunteers. If you would like to help in any way, send an email to boksburgadvertiser@caxton.co.za and they will direct you to the various organisations.

SPCA on the ground

For the rest of the month, Boksburg SPCA will be conducting a door-to-door outreach on Tuesdays to assist the animals in the area.

During these visits, the society hands out food parcels and blankets and assists with sterilising and grooming animals, among other things.

One of the beneficiaries, Elsa Eales, expressed her gratitude towards the society. “I really appreciate what they are doing for us. May God bless them,” says Eales.

The SPCA assisted three of the Eales’ dogs. Daisy was taken for sterilisation, Chappies for grooming and Roger for sterilisation and grooming.

Assistance for victims

Jacaranda FM’s Good Morning Angels Fund today announced it will be donating R50 000 each to the Mashaba and Brits families.

Ndumiso Mashaba, his wife Neo, and his sister Zutivi Mlati were killed in the explosion. The Mashabas were parents to a three-year-old son and a six-month-old daughter and Mlati had an eight-year-old son.

Rosetta Brits buried her four children – Jamel (16), Sebastian (14), Adrian (12) and Gerrie (10).