The father of 12-year-old Senzo Nhlapo, who is believed to have committed suicide, doesn’t believe his child was capable of taking his own life.
Pointing to the tree from which the child allegedly hanged himself with his waist belt in Randfontein last week, James Matebesi said he does not know what happened.“The circumstances don’t really make sense to me and I don’t know what happened. I was called on Thursday, October 6, that something happened and when I arrived here I found him lying down, covered in a blanket,” he said.
Senzo Nhlapo was alleged to have run into trouble at school several times but his parents say it was nothing that could have driven him to suicide.His grandmother, Ntombifuthi Jane Nhlapo, said on the day of the incident, she was ironing laundry when she was called outside. The school social worker alerted her about the boy's wellbeing for the first time on September 29 and she felt an immediate intervention was required.
He said the school had done what it could to assist Senzo, adding the tragedy had occurred during mental health month.
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