#16DaysofActivism: Friend of slain Ayanda Ngcobo - 'I feel like I let her down'
Months after an Umlazi woman was killed, her family and friends are still searching for answers.
As part of Newswatch's special focus on the 16 Days of Activism campaign, East Cast Radio spoke to the family, and a close friend of a journalism student who was killed at the prime of her life.
Ayanda Ngcobo, an aspiring journalist, will never get to celebrate her first professional byline.
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The 24-year-old's family says their world fell apart when they discovered her body on 1 October, a day after she was killed.
Her distraught aunt, Nkosingiphile Dlamini says she wants to know the truth.
"I wish someone could tell me what's happening. Unfortunately, she is dead, she can't tell me the truth, and I need someone who can tell us the truth of what's happening," she said.
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Ngcobo's 7-year-old son, unaware that his mother was no longer alive, slept next to her that night.
Ngcobo’s childhood friend, Phumlani Nteta believes he could have saved her if he had just made one call.
"As a friend, I feel like I let her down. I knew they were fighting, but then I didn't do anything."
"I was supposed to pick up the phone and call the right department and then maybe she would be safe," he said.
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Ngcobo’s suspected killer went into hiding. The 27-year-old man was arrested and charged with her murder three days later.
He will remain in custody until January 23.
