{"id":52495,"date":"2026-03-12T20:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=52495"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:58:14","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigngrade-3-learner-from-mthatha-reportedly-dies-by-suicide-after-alleged-bullying-at-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/12\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigngrade-3-learner-from-mthatha-reportedly-dies-by-suicide-after-alleged-bullying-at-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade 3 learner from Mthatha reportedly dies by suicide after alleged bullying at school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189735\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189735\" class=\"wp-image-189735 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Grade-3-learner-from-Mthatha-reportedly-dies-by-suicide-after.jpg?resize=600%2C434&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Grade-3-learner-from-Mthatha-reportedly-dies-by-suicide-after.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Grade-3-bullying-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grade 3 pupil dies after being bullied<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A tragic incident involving a young learner from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape has sparked widespread grief and anger on social media after reports emerged that she had endured persistent bullying from classmates.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports circulating online, the Grade 3 pupil, identified as Imibongo Ntamehlo, had allegedly been subjected to repeated teasing and humiliation at school.<\/p>\n<p>The children were said to mock her family\u2019s living conditions, reportedly laughing at what they described as her \u201cugly home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was also allegedly ridiculed for not bringing a lunchbox to school, with some classmates targeting her because of her family\u2019s financial struggles.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that the young learner had raised concerns about the teasing, but the bullying reportedly continued.<\/p>\n<p>The heartbreaking story gained attention after popular X user Am_Blujay shared details of the incident on the platform, along with a photo of the pupil.<\/p>\n<p>The post quickly went viral, attracting more than 140,000 views and sparking emotional reactions from users across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Many social media users expressed shock and frustration, questioning how a child so young could have been exposed to such distress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Grade 3 learner. Let that sink in. Where were the teachers? Where were the anti-bullying policies we always hear about? This wasn\u2019t just kids being kids, this was a systemic failure that cost a life. Heads need to roll for this,\u201d one user wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Others raised concerns about the circumstances surrounding the tragedy and called for further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUhm this story needs further investigations how does a grade 3 know about taking their own life,\u201d another user commented.<\/p>\n<p>Some simply shared their grief over the loss of such a young life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely painful, it should have never ended this way for the little Princess. My heart bleeds,\u201d another user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">GRADE 3 LEARNER COMMITS SUICIDE<\/p>\n<p>This is the heartbreaking story of Imibongo Ntamehlo, a Grade 3 learner from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. She tragically took her own life after enduring ongoing abuse and bullying from her classmates.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say the kids would constantly mock\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1rPYYO2GpO\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/1rPYYO2GpO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Instigator (@Am_Blujay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Am_Blujay\/status\/2032095252043936090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Grade #learner #Mthatha #reportedly #dies #suicide #alleged #bullying #school<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Grade 3 pupil dies after being bullied A tragic incident involving a young learner from Mthatha in the Eastern&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52497,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52495\/revisions\/52497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}