University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana, 19, was raped and murdered in the South African city last month.
The Duchess of Sussex has tied a ribbon at the memorial to a murdered teenager after personally passing on her condolences to the student’s mother. University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana, 19, was raped and murdered in the South African city last month.
A post on the official Instagram account of Meghan and Harry said the couple had been following the uprising sparked by the popular student’s death from afar, adding they were both ‘eager to learn more’. The post said Meghan made the visit to pay her respects and to show solidarity with protesters against gender-based violence and femicide.Alongside a picture of Meghan, the post said: ‘The Duke and Duchess had been following what had happened from afar and were both eager to learn more when they arrived in South Africa.‘The Duchess spoke to the mother of Uyinene this week to relay their condolences. ‘Visiting the site of this tragic death and being able to recognise Uyinene, and all women and girls effected by GBV was personally important to The Duchess.’Wearing blue jeans and a cream tunic top with ruffled straps, the duchess is pictured tying her yellow ribbon to a fence alongside other multicoloured streamers in tribute to the popular teenager, known as Nene. It is also understood that Meghan wrote on the ribbon in the local language Xhosa: ‘We stand together in this moment. Harry and Meghan September 26, 2019’, according to the Sun. The Instagram post added that the duchess had taken private visits in South Africa over the past two days to ‘deepen her understanding’ of the current situation.
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