Around 500 emotional family members and friends offered their final farewells on Saturday to two sisters who died in a motor vehicle accident on the N2 earlier this month.
The funeral ceremony for sisters Nolubabalo Ncapo, 22, and Anitta Ncapo, 17 – who died on December 1 in an accident near Hemingways – was held at the City Life Church, formerly known as the Quigney Baptist Church.
For friends and family, the sight of the two coffins lying side by side in the church was too much to bear as tears flowed during the service and speakers paid tribute to the sisters.
They were later buried in the Cambridge cemetery just after 1pm.
Nolubabalo, a medical student at Stellenbosch University, was born on January 10 1992, while her sister Anitta – a top achiever at Clarendon High School – was born on January 11 1998.
They celebrated back-to-back birthdays and had lived their lives like twin sisters, friends and family said.
During the funeral ceremony, two projectors displayed a slide show consisting of hundreds of pictures of the two sisters, “who lived their lives to the fullest”.
A three-minute video clip of Anitta when she had been on a church excursion was also shown.
The Clarendon Girls Choir paid tribute to her with a song while a group of Stellenbosch students clad in white coats surrounded the two coffins and paid tribute to Nolubabalo.
Family friend Deon Hanise said losing two “extraordinary” children in one day had been hard for parents Goodhope Ncapo and Lydia Ncapo.
“The parents are just grateful that they were afforded the opportunity to raise and care for such two beautiful souls,” Hanise said.
He thanked mourners for the support offered to the bereaved family.
The girls’ aunt Thobeka Mkosana said she could write a book about the lives of Nolubabalo and Anitta. “I raised them while their parents were at work, I was like a mother to them,” Mkosana said.
She said a day before their death the girls had done something unusual.
“That night they took their mother and put her in between them in their bed and slept together all night,” she said.
Mkosana said the service helped her put a face to all Anitta’s friends.
“I am glad that I have finally met you guys, she always spoke about you. Please do not stop talking about her,” said Mkosana, breaking into tears.
The ceremony was also attended by an emotional Clarendon Girls High School principal Pat Rose and English teacher Carol Felton. — zwangam@dispatch.co.za
Emotional farewell for sisters
The funeral ceremony for sisters Nolubabalo Ncapo, 22, and Anitta Ncapo, 17 – who died on December 1 in an accident near Hemingways – was held at the City Life Church, formerly known as the Quigney Baptist Church.
For friends and family, the sight of the two coffins lying side by side in the church was too much to bear as tears flowed during the service and speakers paid tribute to the sisters.
They were later buried in the Cambridge cemetery just after 1pm.
Nolubabalo, a medical student at Stellenbosch University, was born on January 10 1992, while her sister Anitta – a top achiever at Clarendon High School – was born on January 11 1998.
They celebrated back-to-back birthdays and had lived their lives like twin sisters, friends and family said.
During the funeral ceremony, two projectors displayed a slide show consisting of hundreds of pictures of the two sisters, “who lived their lives to the fullest”.
A three-minute video clip of Anitta when she had been on a church excursion was also shown.
The Clarendon Girls Choir paid tribute to her with a song while a group of Stellenbosch students clad in white coats surrounded the two coffins and paid tribute to Nolubabalo.
Family friend Deon Hanise said losing two “extraordinary” children in one day had been hard for parents Goodhope Ncapo and Lydia Ncapo.
“The parents are just grateful that they were afforded the opportunity to raise and care for such two beautiful souls,” Hanise said.
He thanked mourners for the support offered to the bereaved family.
The girls’ aunt Thobeka Mkosana said she could write a book about the lives of Nolubabalo and Anitta. “I raised them while their parents were at work, I was like a mother to them,” Mkosana said.
She said a day before their death the girls had done something unusual.
“That night they took their mother and put her in between them in their bed and slept together all night,” she said.
Mkosana said the service helped her put a face to all Anitta’s friends.
“I am glad that I have finally met you guys, she always spoke about you. Please do not stop talking about her,” said Mkosana, breaking into tears.
The ceremony was also attended by an emotional Clarendon Girls High School principal Pat Rose and English teacher Carol Felton. — zwangam@dispatch.co.za
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