SINO NORMAN, ROOMMATE
Sinothile, who went to high school at Kingswood College in Grahamstown with Uyinene and became her roommate at UCT, shared this message on Instagram. “I’m writing this during a sleepover with some of our closest friends. We’re distracting ourselves with movies and music but there’s a wavering scent of sadness in the room. “You’re meant to be here. You’re meant to be a part of the banter and the singalongs but you’re not. “There’s a soul missing and I can feel the emptiness. This pain is indescribable – it’s heavy, it’s terrible and it’s so great that it holds me down when I sleep and wakes me up in the morning. “I’m too young to bury a friend, and you’re too young to be buried. “Uyinene, I miss you. If I’d known that that would be the last time I was going to see you I would’ve said so much more. “I would’ve told you how much I appreciated the nights in my room where we’d speak until 3am even though we had school in the morning. “I’d tell you that your smile was my favourite thing about you. I’d tell you that you’re one of the bravest and strongest people I know.
“I’d tell you that our foolish dance battles and off-key duets were one of the many memories that I made with you that got me through high school.
“I’d tell you that sharing playlists was the purest form of communication with you. I’d tell you that I love you and that your impact on me and other people was greater than you’ll ever know. Uyinene, I love you.
“You’re one of my best friends and you always will be. Even when we fought, we would always come back to each other.
“You were an attachment and I know that I was yours. You and I know things about each other that no one else will ever know.
“We hold inside jokes that no one else will ever understand. We’ve made memories that no other person will be able to replace. We have a bond that nothing can break. Uyinene, you will always be a part of me.
“I will love you forever until we meet again. I don’t even have to say that I will never forget you because you’re impossible to forget.
“Wherever I go, wherever I am, from strength to strength or when I am weak, you will be there.
“You were an angel in the flesh and now you’re an angel in the heavens and they are lucky to be blessed by your presence.
“Uyinene Mrwetyana, you’re my guardian angel.”