Tears, pain, anger as Mamelodi boys who drowned in quarry laid to rest
By James Mahlokwane
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Pretoria - ”There was nothing we could do to save these boys from drowning, but we do not want any more of our children in the community to drown.”
This was said by residents of Skierlik Mountain View informal settlement in Mamelodi on Saturday, during the emotional funeral of Siyabonga Mabila, 7, and Tony Moore, 4. The week before, the boys drowned while swimming in a construction quarry.
The ceremony to bid them farewell was so emotional that the disadvantaged community could not help but forego Covid-19 crowd limitations. They left their shacks to meet at a gravel road, where tents were erected for them to say their goodbyes.