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Honour to heartbreak: Enock was full of promise, says teacher

Relatives and former teachers have expressed praise and grief for drowned teen Enock Mpianzi during a memorial at Parktown Boys’ High.

Pupils attend a memorial service for Enock Mpianzi at Parktown Boys' High earlier this year. The 13-year-old drowned while on a school camp.
Pupils attend a memorial service for Enock Mpianzi at Parktown Boys' High earlier this year. The 13-year-old drowned while on a school camp. (Sunday Times/Alaister Russell)

Relatives and former teachers have expressed praise and grief for drowned teen Enock Mpianzi during a memorial at Parktown Boys’ High.

One of them said they’d hoped that one day their school would be in the news because of Enoch’s achievements - “but we did not know that we would be in the news this way”.

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