Two weeks later, missing Tutume girl still not found
Monday, January 30, 2023 | 570 Views |
Tutume
The shocking incident took place just less than 24 hours after Marcus Tshabang was buried. The five-year-old Tshabang disappeared on January 6 and was found dead five days later.
Tshabang’s body was found floating in a river at Tjiripa cattle post and the police cleared rumours that the boy was killed for ritual purposes.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...