An 18 year old South African student from Muizenberg High School was murdered when she stood up to a man who had assaulted a disabled 19 year old teen. She has since been hailed a hero by her school.
She was stabbed thrice in the back by the attacker.
Local reports indicated the disabled teen and the alleged murderer had a disagreement. The witness, whose identity was protected, said Ntozini saw the knife-wielding man confronting the helpless teen and approached him.
She then approached the armed man to try and convince him to put away the knife.
Matric pupil hailed a hero after she died defending a disabled teen. However, the man turned his attention to her and first stabbed her in the side.
The witness revealed Ntozini fell to the ground and the man once again stabbed her in the back. She was rushed to the hospital by her uncle, Sithabantu Sigonyela but unfortunately she succumbed to the injuries which doctors described as fatal.
“We are grieving. It was so brutal and sudden. She was just a schoolgirl standing up for another person,” Sigonyela said. Ntozini’s friends and the country mourned her death, while students from Muizenberg High School where she studied honoured her at school with signs and flowers at the entrance.
The school’s governing body chairperson, Simone Beukes, said: “We received the news of her death with great sadness, Janet had shown so much potential to succeed in whatever she chose to do in life. Her murder again shows the dangerous reality our children have to face every day.”