Three children from Mamaila village near Tzaneen in Limpopo Province have to fend for themselves after a family tragedy that has left their mther in a critical condition in hospital and their father dead. - On August 10, a day after women day celebrations in South Africa, their father , 59 -year old Samuel Moshobane , assaulted his wife ,40 year old Elisa Mathye , with a spade until she passed out. When she did not regain consciousness,Moshobane committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope in the house. "I will never ever forget that day in my life. i still see my mother s blood in my dreams at night , it was all over the house because she was trying to escape, we had to watch t…

I am a media studies and journalism student and will be graduating in October 2010. I have been working as a freelance journalist for Daily Sun newspaper. - I worked as sports presenter at Sekgosese Community Radio, Limpopo between 2005 and 2008.