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The hardships and turmoil suffered to get us where we are today also inspired thinking about the type of Constitution that would be best for our country, writes
Thembi Siweya.
Occasions such as the 27th April (Freedom Day) and 16th June (Youth Day) offer an opportunity to take a step back and take stock. And one of the critical issues to consider is how the laws and policies of the country are made, who can influence what they look like, and for whose benefit are they made.
One of the primary reasons the country’s Constitution is said to be among the most progressive in the world is because of how it provides for both representative and participatory democracy.
Accused in Lufuno Mavhunga assault back in court
Limpopo high school pupil Lufuno Mavhunga was laid to rest in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, just a week after she took her own life
A 14 year-old limpopo pupil, who was arrested in connection with assault of Lufuno Mavhunga, a fellow learner at Mbilwi secondary school, is expected to make her second appearance in the Thohoyandou Children’s Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 20 April 20, 2021.
The teenage girl made her first appearance in the dock on Friday after being arrested for attacking Mavhungu.
Video of the assault went viral on social media and is believed to have resulted in Mavhunga taking her own life.
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“We have failed Lufuno. All of us. We must not think that depression is not real.”
These were the words of Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Thembi Siweya, at the funeral service of Lufuno Mavhunga, a Grade 10 pupil who was bullied and beaten by two pupils.
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‘We have failed Lufuno’ – Deputy Minister in the Presidency Siweya Lufuno Mavhunga was laid to rest in Limpopo on Saturday after she completed suicide following a bullying incident outside the Mbwili Secondary School earlier this week. Deputy Minister in the Presidency Thembi Siweya was among several government officials who attended the service for Lufuno Mavhunga on Saturday, 17 April 2021. Picture: Twitter/@ThembiSiweya
JOHANNESBURG – There were emotional scenes at the funeral of Lufuno Mavhunga in Thohoyandou on Saturday.
Friends and family gathered in Limpopo to bid the 15-year-old teenager, who took her own life following a bullying incident, farewell.
The Mbilwi Secondary School pupil completed suicide after being assaulted by a fellow learner outside the school premises earlier this week.