Sarbie’s legacy will live on
Sarbhera Amod’s family and friend paid a heartfelt final tribute to her during a memorial service in eMalahleni earlier.
Family and friends gathered in the civic theatre this morning to pay tribute to the DA’s provincial director, who was killed on New Year’s Day.
Friends said she was a ‘rainbow child’ who coloured in life wherever she went.
“Sarbie never tried to do things – she just did it,” her colleague and friend Annerie Weber, who is a member of the provincial legislature, said.
As the line-up of speakers took the stage, they told stories of the strong woman who held the reins of the DA Mpumalanga tightly in her hands.
“There is now a missing link in the party, but one that set a strong foundation for the party she loved so much,” Clive Hatch, Emalahleni constituency chairman, said.
Provincial DA leader, Jane Sithole, gave an emotional tribute and said Amod had a great operational mind.
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“Sarbie looked beyond today. She knew the outcome before the outcome became an outcome. She worked her magic. She was the DA Mpumalanga’s commander-in-chief,” a heartbroken Sithole said.
“You were not just part of us; you were the glue that held so much together. You were our pillar, you gave so much of yourself, often quietly, always selflessly. Your presence brought calm in difficult moments, direction in uncertainty, and warmth in spaces that needed it most,” was the word from the provincial leader.
She will be buried on January 10.
Amod was the victim of GBV when she was shot, allegedly by her partner of two months, while they were on holiday in Margate with her family.
He turned the gun on himself and committed suicide.
READ MORE HERE: DA provincial director shot dead in Margate
*Limited information regarding her partner has been made available to the public.
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