Sbongakonke Ntsele, a teenager who drowned at Durban’s North Beach last Saturday, was buried in her home village Sankontshe, near Hammarsdale, on Thursday.
“Every time I would invite her to sleep over at my house, she would tell me she needed to get permission from her family and her mom. She loved her mom,” said Langa.
The teenager struggled to hold back her tears, saying the loss of her friend came at the beginning of their school holidays. “I was the one who suggested we go to the beach. I am being eaten by guilt. Maybe if I had not asked her mom to go to the beach we would not be here today,” said Langa.It is going to be difficult going back to school. She was my only friend. I can barely eatShe said her friend planned to follow a career in health sciences.Gabi Gabi High deputy principal Zilungile Malinga said this was a big loss for the school.“We expected a lot from her because she was studying subjects required by the country.
We are here to extend our deepest and heartfelt condolences, but we believe what happened is God’s will,” said Malinga.Durban Central police are investigating the drownings. The tragedy cast a spotlight on the training and accreditation of lifeguards at the Durban beachfront, with
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