Children among 1,300 who committed suicide in Gauteng since start of pandemic

In written responses tabled to the provincial legislature, the department listed the top reasons given by families about the suicides as:domestic violence.followed by two 11-year-olds in September 2020.

A 96-year-old man was the oldest to have committed suicide, in Pretoria in October 2020, followed by a 91-year-old woman from Ekurhuleni who took her life in June 2021 and a 90-year-old woman from Thokoza who took her life in December 2020.One of the reported suicides occurred at the Leeuwkop prison and two at the upmarket Sandhurst Towers in Sandton.

At least two people were found hanging in cemeteries and there were suicides reported inside police holding cells.

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