adminlast week after being bullied at school.
Meagan Boltman (17) committed suicide in her parents’ home in Orchards last Thursday.
Her neighbour and good friend, Neill Venter, raced to hospital with her but it was in vain.
“I still can’t believe that she is gone,” said her mother, Kethura Boltman, on Sunday.
“I’m dead. I feel like I could run to a place where there is no food and water and collapse.”
She was in tears as she described Meagan as a wonderful child. Kethura said other children had called her daughter names and said ugly things about her.
She had gone to the school herself and had talked to the principal about it.
Peter Boltman, Meagan’s father, said his daughter had such zest for life.
“She was always just silly and joking around, spontaneous.
She was my pillar and I could always depend on her if I needed anything. I can’t describe how it feels to lose a child.”
The family will have a service at home on Saturday after which Meagan will be buried in Eersterust in the east of Pretoria. – Beeld.
Online Reporter
- Chronicle
- July 28, 2026
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