By Chanel September
Over a hundred school learners and community members from Manenberg gathered on Thursday to commemorate the first anniversary of Cheslyn Jones’s death at Manenberg High School.
Jones was stabbed a couple of blocks from the school last year on July 20.
Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille, Education MEC Cameron Dugmore along with family and friends attended the service.
A plaque in memory of Jones was unveiled and the planting of a tree took place on the school grounds.
According to the Cape Times Zille commended Proudly Manenberg calling the community organisation a social capital. Learners were encouraged not to turn to gangsterism and try to further their studies.
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