The yellow ribbon that Meghan Markle tied at Clareinch Post Office last week for murdered UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana has gone missing.
“The disappearance of the ribbon is quite unfortunate and is actually a reflection of the type of society we have become,” Uyinene’s disappointed mother, Noma, was quoted as saying.
It’s believed the Duchess of Sussex’s ribbon might have been stolen by a royal fan claiming a souvenir.
The ribbon carried a Xhosa message of solidarity written in black: “Simi kunye kule si si mo (We stand together in this situation) - Harry & Meghan September 26, 2019”.
Murdered UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana.
Meanwhile, a source revealed to the Weekend Argus that Uyinene had bought from his shop at 10am, on the Saturday she was murdered.
“She asked me if she could draw cash off her card to pay for her parcel because the post office card machines were not working.
“Unfortunately, the card didn’t allow me to do that.
“She told me she was going back to the post office at 1pm and I never saw her again.”
It is alleged that on 24 August, an as yet unidentified post office worker, 42, lured Uyinene into the post office after hours.
The first-year film and media UCT student was raped and bludgeoned to death with a scale.
Her body was found dumped in Khayelitsha a week later.
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, visits the memorial to murdered Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana. Picture: Sussex Royal via AP
The source said that on the Saturday of the murder, the suspect was seen leaving the post office around 7pm.
“I asked him why he was leaving so late and he said he was finishing work, which I found strange.
“He got into an old silver VW Polo that drove around to the back of the post office.
“Now I realise that it could have been to take Uyinene’s body away.”