Shallcross crash: Parents prepare for daughter's memorial
The grieving parents of Praise Mupisiri, the 5-year-old girl who was hit and killed by a car in Shallcross, say they are preparing for her funeral in Zimbabwe.
The child's death triggered angry protests in the area on Sunday.
Residents of the Bottlebrush Informal Settlement barricaded Link Road, where Praise was knocked over, stoned cars and burned boats from a nearby property.
The child's father, Joel says his daughter had gone with her mother to a shop and then asked if she could go play with other children.
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But her mother did not realise that her little girl decided to follow her home instead.
Mupisiri says he will collect his child's body from the mortuary today.