Two boys died this afternoon after a heap of sand collapsed on a group of children at the Kanaan C location in Epako, Gobabis.

According to a police incident report, the collapse occurred at a large excavated area.

The spokesperson of the Informal Settlement Upgrading Committee, Jacob Tjinae, bemoans the slow progress of the upgrading of the Kanaan C settlement in Gobabis. 

Tjinae said the project started off well last year with the demarcation and pegging of 400 plots in the Kanaan Upper area.