Amanda Manku is a South African actress best known for appearing in Skeem Saam as Lizzy. Amanda lost both special women in her life at the same time. Let’s unpack what happened in this article.
How did Amanda Manku lose her mother and grandmother the same day?
One day Amanda’s grandmother and mother were coming back from fetching when they were shot by unknown men. They both died and left Amanda with a big wound. According to the confession of one of the suspects, who happened to be Amanda’s father, they didn’t want to kill her mother but her grandma.
Surprisingly, Amanda’s father was a police officer. Nobody ever thought he could do such a thing since he is a man of law.
It is believed that Amanda’s grandmother has been warning her daughter about her husband. So it seems like the grandma was hindering their relationship from continuing. According to other publications, it was reported that Amanda’s father was abusive; that’s why the grandma was encouraging her daughter to not go back to that man.
Unfortunately, the man was planning a horror to kill the grandma so that he could convince his wife to get back together.
According to the confession from his father, the hitman made a mistake and shot both women, but he wanted one person.
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Fun enough Amanda never knew or suspected that her father could do such a thing. She described her relationship with her father as a close one. Since the day she discovered that he was responsible for the murder, she cut the relationship with his father.
“My father was my best friend, my pillar of strength, and this is now the man who is arrested for the murder of my mother and grandmother.”
“I had the perfect parents who had me when they were very young.”(1)
How did the loss of mother and grandmother affect Amanda Manku?
Amanda revealed that from that day something died inside of her. She described her mother as her best friend while her grandma was her mom. These two were the closest people to her. Her whole world was crushed in one day. It became a wound that she is failing to heal from.
“I think the day that they passed away was the day that something died within me,” she said.
“My mom had me when she was 15, so she was my friend, and my grandmother automatically became my mother.
“So, when both of them died, for the longest time I was angry with God for the nature in which they departed.”
“They were the center of my life. When you lose your mother, it is something else. I do not know the pain of losing a child or a father.
In her interview with Mapaseka Koetle, she said that she never dealt with her grief.
“I did not deal with it; I died. ”
“It is one of those things that you will never get over, and you have to be strong. She said
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What happened to the suspect who killed Amanda’s mother and grandmother?
Three suspects were arrested in connection with the murder of two women. These two women are Amanda’s mom and grandmother. The suspects were accused of murder. One suspect is Amanda’s father, who applied for bail three times, but the court denied him bail.
