A 16 year old girl has taken a drastic action, upon getting to know that she was conceived out of rape.
Not only was she conceived out of rape, her mother, who was only 12 years old when the deed was done, but later abandoned for a 78 year old grandmother after she was born..
The revelations were too much for her to bear, and she did the unthinkable – taking her life by drinking poison.
This action of Musa Tshabalala, a grade 10 learner at East Bank High School in Alexandra in Johannesburg, has stirred sorrowful emotions.
Worse, it has increased the burden of her grandmother, as she is now struggling to bury her.
According to Zambian Observer, Musa’s cousin, Buyisiwe Tshabalala, told a local publication, ZiMoja on Friday, May 3, that she believed that Tshabalala killed herself because she had never met her mother.
“Musa’s upbringing was very sad. She was conceived through rape when her mother was only 12 years old. After she gave birth to Musa, she dumped her with her grandmother who raised her,” he said.
“It was always bugging Musa that she never got to know her mother. When she found out that she was conceived through rape, she began asking a lot of questions and it broke her even more when she was told that the alleged rapist is a family member,” Tshabalala said.
Tshabalala told ZiMoja that weeks before Musa took her life, she wanted more answers on her alleged father and mother and that her grandmother was not free to share the information with her.
“She felt like she was the reason her mother never came back home and what made things worse was the situation at home, Our grandmother is poor and was supporting her with a grant, which was not enough- things were bad,” she added.
The girl could not just take it that she was conceived out of rape but her action has now left repercussions on also the living.