UCT VC Mamokgethi Phakeng Mourns Tragic Death of Young Man That Left Mzansi Heartbroken

UCT VC Mamokgethi Phakeng Mourns Tragic Death of Young Man That Left Mzansi Heartbroken

  • University of Cape Town's VC Mamokgethi Phakeng was heartbroken over the passing of Sinoxolo Gcilitshana
  • Mamokgethi took to Twitter to share the sad news about the passing of the young guy who had big dreams
  • Online users joined her and commented words of comfort, while others expressed shock over her news

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Mamokgethi Phakeng mourned the passing of a young man named Sinoxolo Gcilitshana. The VC shared a touching video showing special moments from the young man's life.

Phakeng wrote moving messages dedicated to Gcilitshana. Other online users joined in with their own sweet messages.

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Taking to Twitter, Mamokgethi shared the news that a young man, Sinoxolo Gcilitshana from UCT died. In the caption of her post, she wrote:

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"I am deeply saddened by the untimely, tragic and violent death of Sinoxolo - a bright and passionate young man whose dream was to become a VC ."

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Mamokgethi continued to say that she was looking forward to seeing Gcilitshana achieve his dreams but was praying that he found peace. Netizens joined in with their own words of comfort over his death.

@Justice_Seyisi commented:

"Sinoxolo was a good human being. He loved and cared deeply for you! So sorry for this huge loss.."

@iTukela commented:

"Hayiiibooo Mother!! What?! OMG. What is this life na? Yoh, I'm so shocked."

@thulosebabatso commented:

"We were all looking forward to his success."

@Tony83217262 commented:

"Guys we need to be very prayerful especially towards the end of this year. As we enjoy Twittering, we also need to team up in praying. People are dying mysteriously and it's not normal as Christians and from a spiritual perspective."

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@kagisodoc commented:

"My heartfelt condolences to you and his family Prof! Ohhh bannna."

@__HLABI commented:

"Yoh, what a passionate and driven person he was. His posts about his future were always so inspiring. May his soul rest in eternal peace."

@Bongswaggeristo commented:

"Yho this is sad."

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Rutendo Masasi (Human-Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 2 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za