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Thohoyandou sibling death: Social workers dispatched to area to provide support

An eight-year-old girl fell off a maskeshift bridge and plunged into a water-filled ditch below. Her brother (10) jumped in after in an attempt to save her.

LIMPOPO – Social Workers from the Department of Social Development have been dispatched to Mulendane, outside Thohoyandou to provide psychological support to the family of two siblings who died on Saturday, 12 October.

Read more: Siblings die trying to cross water-filled ditch: Limpopo police to investigate

Four siblings were walking over a make-shift wooden bridge to cross a ditch when an eight-year-old girl fell off and plunged into a water-filled ditch below. Her brother (10) jumped in after in an attempt to save her. Police Spokesperson, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo confirmed that both siblings died on the scene and the other two siblings ran home to request help.

Photo: Limpopo police

MEC, Nkakareng Rakgoale says she was shocked by the news and has urged parents to always know the whereabouts of their children and not leave them unsupervised.

Mojapelo added that it is not clear at this stage if the deceased drowned or died as a result of the falling. “This will be determined by unfolding police investigations,” he said.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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