One of the young women slain in Mdantsane recently was described as being on the brink of breaking the cycle of poverty in her family.
Lindokuhle “Manto” Malote, 19, and Bongiwe Matoyo, 27, whose decomposing bodies were found last week in NU6, were buried in Mdantsane on Saturday.
Eastern Cape South African Social Security Agency regional manager Sakhumzi Yawa, who died in a car accident last week was also buried at his Nobumba village in Peddie on Saturday.
While Matoyo’s family preferred that the media did not attend her funeral service at the White City Soccer Stadium in NU5, mourners at the Assemblies of God Church in NU2 spoke highly of Malote.
Wongalethu Senior Secondary School principal Langelitsha Mamadu said Malote “was a promising young student with a vision for her future”.
Malote, who was in Grade 12 at Wongalethu, and Matoyo are feared to have been raped before they were killed.
Their suspected killers are in police custody. Mamadu appealed to mourners to stop protecting suspected criminals.
“About 502 rapes are recorded daily in South Africa. Now think of Mdantsane as the second largest township in South Africa and imagine how many rapes happen here. It is time we rise up and expose the criminals.
“You can’t tell me no one knows the people who are terrorising innocent girls, but because they are relatives and family members, some people choose to keep quiet,” Mamadu said.
Among the mourners were ANC Women’s League regional chairwoman Fikiswa Jakeni-Gomba, her deputy Nontsikelelo Peter-Bacela and BCM councillors.
Peter-Bacela announced that a march to the Bhisho Legislature against women and child abuse had been planned for today.
Jakeni-Gomba urged the public to pray for men who have become “beasts” to be better fathers.
“These days wives are scared to leave their daughters with their biological fathers because our men have become animals that rape their own flesh and blood,” she said.
The funerals were meant to be in one venue but were separated because of different religious beliefs.
Makinana Funeral Parlour director Phakamile Makinana pledged to donate soccer and netball kits to Wongalethu in honour of Malote. — malibongwed@dispatch.co.za
Murdered woman ‘could have helped family escape poverty’
Lindokuhle “Manto” Malote, 19, and Bongiwe Matoyo, 27, whose decomposing bodies were found last week in NU6, were buried in Mdantsane on Saturday.
Eastern Cape South African Social Security Agency regional manager Sakhumzi Yawa, who died in a car accident last week was also buried at his Nobumba village in Peddie on Saturday.
While Matoyo’s family preferred that the media did not attend her funeral service at the White City Soccer Stadium in NU5, mourners at the Assemblies of God Church in NU2 spoke highly of Malote.
Wongalethu Senior Secondary School principal Langelitsha Mamadu said Malote “was a promising young student with a vision for her future”.
Malote, who was in Grade 12 at Wongalethu, and Matoyo are feared to have been raped before they were killed.
Their suspected killers are in police custody. Mamadu appealed to mourners to stop protecting suspected criminals.
“About 502 rapes are recorded daily in South Africa. Now think of Mdantsane as the second largest township in South Africa and imagine how many rapes happen here. It is time we rise up and expose the criminals.
“You can’t tell me no one knows the people who are terrorising innocent girls, but because they are relatives and family members, some people choose to keep quiet,” Mamadu said.
Among the mourners were ANC Women’s League regional chairwoman Fikiswa Jakeni-Gomba, her deputy Nontsikelelo Peter-Bacela and BCM councillors.
Peter-Bacela announced that a march to the Bhisho Legislature against women and child abuse had been planned for today.
Jakeni-Gomba urged the public to pray for men who have become “beasts” to be better fathers.
“These days wives are scared to leave their daughters with their biological fathers because our men have become animals that rape their own flesh and blood,” she said.
The funerals were meant to be in one venue but were separated because of different religious beliefs.
Makinana Funeral Parlour director Phakamile Makinana pledged to donate soccer and netball kits to Wongalethu in honour of Malote. — malibongwed@dispatch.co.za
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