The deceased family father Godfrey Matula and the aunt Shirley Mokonyane mourning the loss of their beloved Lethabo Matula photo by Dimakatso Modipa
The distraught family of murdered learner Lethabo Matula has described him as a jolly, kind-hearted handsome boy who wouldn’t hurt the proverbial fly.
The family called for the immediate arrest of his murderers so that they can rot in jail.
He was a 19- year-old Grade 11 learner at Lesedi Secondary School situated in Skierlik in the far East of Mamelodi and was a resident of Extension 11.
Lethabo Matula (19) stabbed to death by a fellow learner photo supplied
His father Godfrey Matula (63) is still struggling to come to terms with his murder and revealed that he had great ambition about his son.
“I am really shattered, I was very close to my son, I want his murderers to be arrested and rot in jail and I will never forgive them for as long as I am alive,” said Matula as he sobbed bitterly.
“The murder incident happened at the place where learners board their transport to go home after school and Lethabo was not a violent person as far as we know and we would like to know as to why he was brutally stabbed to the extent that his intenstines fell out of his stomach,” said Matula’s aunt Shirley Mokonyane (64) as she elaborated that he was stabbed three times; first on his spinal cord, then on the side of his body and also on the stomach.
She said Lethabo Matula was passionate about issues related to technology and harboured ambitions of being like USA billionaire Elon Musk.
She said Lethabo Matula was not a so-called “street clever” boy, but was instead always engrossed with his gadgets indoors.
She called upon the police to arrest those involved in the murder of Lethabo Matula because the family wants to get closure and will only do so after knowing why Lethabo Matula was murdered.
She appealed to the government to make sure that learners are safe at schools because at the moment parents of all learners are always worried about the safety of their kids at schools.
Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed as the family is still waiting for post mortem results.
No one has yet been arrested regarding Lethabo Matula’s murder.
It is alleged that he was stabbed to death by two boys; one who is a Grade 12 learner at the school and the other who is a school drop-out.