Young lady commits suicide 3 months after she was brutally raped

Maseko was a third year BA student at the institution.

A student at Rhodes University SRC, Khensani Maseko has committed suicide few months after she was brutally raped, the school has announced.

The university's communication and advancement division says she passed away at her family home in Johannesburg on Friday afternoon.

Tributes and messages of condolences from friends and loved ones have been pouring in on social media.

It is alleging Maseko committed suicide after she was raped in May this year.

The Rhodes SRC's Nhlakanipho Mahlangu said:

“We know the amount of promise she had to offer us all, I mean to offer the entire country. We’re very shaken, it’s a very difficult time for us as the SRC and we wish her family all the strength and support that we can.”