Daily Sun (August 26 2013) - NDUDUZO was a loving little boy full of fun . . . When he set off for school last Thursday, he told his gogo cheerfully how much he loved her. NOW THE GRIEVING MBASA FAMILY HAVE ONLY HIS JOKES TO COMFORT THEM!
Nduduzo (9) drowned that afternoon - although he had taught himself to be a good swimmer. He lived with his gogo Hilda Mbasa (67) in Haniville, near Pietermaritzburg, as his mum lived elsewhere in KZN.
Gogo said the happy grade 4 pupil at Copesville Primary School was her Ben 10 and was always telling jokes. "I called him my Ben 10 as we used to joke about girlfriends and boyfriends.
"On the morning of the day he died he joked that he had three girlfriends and wanted to know who my boyfriend was," she said. "He said he would tell me his girlfriends' names if I told him my boyfriend's name. And he said nothing would change if I had a boyfriend as he loved me more than them.
"I told him he was the only boyfriend I had now since I had lost his grandfather, my husband. We laughed when I reminded him that he was my Ben 10 forever," said gogo Hilda.
Hilda said she last saw Nduduzo when he said goodbye to her on leaving for school.