A 16-year-old South African girl has been confirmed dead after consuming rat poison.
Her family confirmed that she took the substance after she discovered that she was conceived out of rape.
Musa Tshabalala, a grade 10 learner at East Bank High School in Alexandra in Johannesburg, committed sucide on 17 April 2024 and her 78-year-old grandmother is currently struggl!ng to buury her.
Musa’s cousin, Buyisiwe Tshabalala, told a local publication, ZiMoja on Friday, May 3, that she believed that Tshabalala k!lled herself because she had never met her mother.
“Musa’s upbringing was very s@d. She was conceived through r*pe when her mother was only 12 years old. After she gave birth to Musa, she dĂąmped her with her grandmother who raised her,” he said.
“It was always bugging Musa that she never got to know her mother. When she found out that she was conceived through r*pe, she began asking a lot of questions and it br0ke her even more when she was told that the alleged r*pist is a family member,” Tshabalala said.
Tshabalala told ZiMoja that weeks before Musa took her life, she wanted more answers on her alleged father and mother and that her grandmother was not free to share the information with her.
“She felt like she was the reason her mother never came back home and what made things w0rse was the situation at home, Our grandmother is poor and was supporting her with a grant, which was not enough- things were bad ,” she added.
The grandmother is struggl!ng to put money together to pay for Musa’s bur!al and is pleading for help.
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