Reconciliation meeting soon between family of Lufuno Mavhunga, mother of bully accused
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Pretoria - The meeting between the family of the late bullying victim Lufuno Mavhunga and the mother of the 14-year-old accused of assaulting her is almost organised, prominent Venda Chief Livhuni Matsila has said.
This comes after the mother of the 14-year-old issued a public apology on live television last week.
Speaking to the Pretoria News yesterday, Matsila, who is acting as mediator between the two families, said the meeting of reconciliation was supposed to have taken place last month, but the Mavhunga family needed more time to grieve.
News24 Wire The mother said that she was remorseful about her daughter s actions and that Mavhunga taking her own life had affected her. The late Lufuno Mavhunga. Picture: Facebook
The mother of the teenage girl charged with the assault of Lufuno Mavhunga – who is believed to have died by suicide after the assault – has offered her apologies to the Mavhunga family, saying if she could, she would do anything to bring her back.
In a sitdown interview with
Newzroom Afrika the woman, who cannot be named to protect her minor child’s identity, said she could not put into words how sorry she was about what had happened.
Lufuno case: I wish their child was still alive NEWS24 Lufuno Mavhunga.
The mother
of the teenage girl charged with the assault of Lufuno Mavhunga - who is
believed to have died by suicide after the assault - has offered her apologies
to the Mavhunga family, saying if she could, she would do anything to bring her
back.
In a
sitdown interview with Newzroom Afrika the woman, who cannot be named to
protect her minor child’s identity, said she could not put into words how sorry
she was about what had happened. She said:
If there
were something I could give that would return their child or give her life, I
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The mother of the teen charged with assaulting Lufuno Mavhunga has offered an apology to the Mavhunga family.
Mavhunga, a pupil at Mbilwi Secondary in Limpopo, is believed to have died by suicide after the video of her assault went viral.
Mavhunga s family say they have not had any engagement with the girl s family, but are open to the idea in principle.
The mother of the teenage girl charged with the assault of Lufuno Mavhunga - who is believed to have died by suicide after the assault - has offered her apologies to the Mavhunga family, saying if she could, she would do anything to bring her back.
Brother and teacher pay tribute to Lufuno, whose death has sparked calls to tackle bullying.
It was a sombre mood as community members, pupils and politicians alike filled up the Spirit Ambassadors International Church in Nzhelele in Limpopo yesterday.
They came in their numbers to bid farewell to Lufuno Mavhunga, who took her own life after being allegedly bullied by a fellow pupil on Monday.
Her parents, Joseph and Fulufhelo Mavhunga, sat next to each other. Tears filled her mother’s eyes, which were barely visible behind the blue facemask she wore. Her father gently comforted his wife throughout the funeral service.