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Onthatile Makgale a teenager from Orkney near Klerksdorp has committed suicide after learning that she had failed matric.
The teenager could not take it and ended her life last week Friday.She did her matric at the Vaal Reefs Technical High School in Klerksdorp.
Her older sister, Kgomotso, said that as the family they are really hurt by what has happened as they believed she could have gone back to school again and passed her matric.
Kgomotso said the day before she committed suicide, Onthatile asked to sleep over at her friend’s house to wait for the results. “She wanted to wait for the newspaper like any other grade 12 learners. I think she was hurting that her friend passed and she failed. I know she studied hard hoping to pass,” Kgomotso said.
The family found her hanging from a tree at the back of the house.
North West police spokesperson Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone confirmed the incident. “We can confirm that an inquest docket for investigation after a girl allegedly hanged herself on a tree in Orkney on Friday, 19 January 2024.
