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Teachers of the late Lolitha Kowa have paid tribute to the little girl.

Rocklands Primary School held a memorial service for the slain 7-year-old,  in Mitchells Plain today.

She was raped and murdered last week.

Her former Grade R teacher Zondre Windvogel says she was a jovial child.

Faadilah Wagner was her Grade 1 educator, at the time of her death.

She recounts the little girl’s beautiful smile.