JUST as Lindiwe Myeni began seeing the light at the end of the tunnel after six years of waiting, things turned for the worse.
The 67-year-old gogo from Utrecht, Newcastle in KZN, was preparing to witness her only daughter graduating to be a neurosurgeon.
Instead of preparing for her graduation, she is now making funeral arrangements.
Snegugu Myeni (32) was in her final year of neurosurgeon studies in the Philippines, Asia.
After feeling weak, she decided to pack her bags to come back home for a bit, but she didn't reach home.
She died at the Philippines international airport on Monday, 10 July, after she was denied access to a flight as she was declared weak and not fit to board a flight.
Lindiwe, devastated by the news of her daughter's death, turned to social media for help to bring her daughter's body back home so that she could give her a decent funeral.
"I still can't believe I am talking about my baby's funeral instead of graduation. I feel like someone will still pinch me to wake me up from this bad dream. My baby was doing her last year, and I had hoped that she would come back home and give us the best life," said Lindiwe.
She said when Icebolethu Funerals sent her the R216 000 quote, she knew that was way beyond what she could afford.
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"I turned to social media to seek help, and I am glad that I did because Zululand District Municipality came through and paid for that quotation. Now we are busy with documentation to fetch her body," she said.
"I was happy that she would be back home in August after staying in Asia for six years studying. I don't know how I will continue with life because I have no one else left now. I am only left with her four-year-old child. I don't know how I will take care of my grandchild," she added.
She said the municipality, which assisted the family, has already paid for all the cost of fetching the body and has promised to be with them until they bury Snegugu.
"The office of the premier has brought groceries and promised that they will carry all the funeral costs as well," said Lindiwe.
Zululand District deputy mayor Siyabonga Mbatha said as the district, they couldn't turn a blind eye to this family as they desperately needed help to bring their loved one's body back home.
