THE family of a 19-year-old matric pupil who allegedly hanged himself with his church belt is reeling in shock.
Tshegofatso Machobane allegedly took his own life in the early hours of Monday morning, 17 July at his family home.
Before killing himself, he updated his Facebook status, saying: "Don't waste your night thinking about people who don't even care whether you wake up tomorrow or not."
His grieving mum, Bobo Machobane (37) from Sharpeville in the Vaal, told Daily Sun that when she gets home from her night shift, her son opens the door for her but on Monday morning when she arrived home, she knocked on the door and the window but he didn't respond.
She said she then decided to wake his uncle who is staying outside to open the door for her because he has spare keys.
Bobo said after she opened the door she went to her son's bedroom and found him hanging with his church belt.
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According to Bobo, in the early hours of the morning at about 2am while she was at work, she texted her son as she realised he was online on WhatsApp asking him if he was okay and he responded by saying he was fine, not showing any signs of not being okay.
She told the SunTeam that Tshegofatso was her only son and he loved church and praying, but she never thought he could take his own life.
"The painful part is that he didn't talk about his problems or leave a note for me to get closure of why he hanged himself," she said.
Tshegofatso's aunt, Ntaoleng Modibane, said on Sunday afternoon her nephew called and wanted to visit her.
"Maybe he wanted to reach out to me about his problems," she said.
Ntaoleng said she had an appointment to meet her nephew on Monday after school and she was not expecting to get a call that he had taken his own life.
She said she was expecting more for the future and was already budgeting for his studies in 2024.
Gauteng police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Mavela Masondo said that the cops have opened an inquest docket for investigation.
