Simphiwe Sibeko was a good child who spent a lot of time indoors and was a top achiever at school, says her grandmother Joyce.
The latest teenager to be raped and murdered in Jabulani, Soweto, was a good child who spent a lot of time indoors and was a top achiever at school.
It was only at the weekend that the family heard that the body of a teenager had been found dumped near a stream several kilometres from their home. "She was still growing up. She was brilliant at school. At primary school she was a head girl. Even at high school she was in the top five. But her life was cut short," she told TimesLIVE."The departure of such a young soul is painful."
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