Mocked for being fat, then stabbed to death

Linda Zimase was known as Phumba because his classmates thought it was funny that he was fat like the cartoon warthog. The 16-year-old boy was teased incessantly, had no friends and came home upset almost every day. He preferred to walk away from fights and never stood up for himself, his sister Precious said on Thursday. This week Linda died - stabbed to death in the Roodepark High School on the West Rand.
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