What was once unthinkable is fast becoming one of South Africa’s most chilling social trends: a growing number of children hurting and killing one another. Once-rare cases are now emerging with unsettling frequency, slipping from community whispers into morgue reports and police dockets.
In Qawukeni Village, Qonce, in the Eastern Cape, 14-year-old Liqhawe Komeni’s life ended in a way no parent imagines. He had followed his peers to a celebration of an umgidi, the traditional homecoming of young men from initiation school, a common and culturally accepted outing for boys in his village. Hours later, his father, Bulela Ntabeni, was summoned to a scene that would haunt him forever.
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