At first stone-faced as officials greeted them and relatives tried to comfort them, it was only as Enock’s maroon coffin was brought into the hall that the pair lost their composure.
Representing the Gauteng provincial government in Lesufi’s place at the funeral proceedings on Saturday, community safety MEC Faith Mazibuko explained that a full forensic investigation was under way to probe the circumstances surrounding the young boy’s death.
Family friend Jean Bwasa said Enock, a South African born of Congolese parents, represented the general attitude towards “the African child”. He called on Parktown Boys to launch a bursary programme in the child’s honour, as a reminder of how the system had failed him.As he was summoned to the stage, dozens of the party’s members in the audience erupted into song.
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