A well-known Mitchells Plain community leader, who fed hundreds of impoverished children and helped search for missing persons, has died.
Charmaine Fisher, 61, died on Friday, after being admitted to hospital while having difficulty breathing.
Her family says she suffered a fatal heart attack.
Each week, Charmaine would feed hundreds of children from her home in Eastridge and was a well-known crime-fighter in her community.
She also belonged to the Western Cape Missing Persons Unit and was part of the searches for many missing children.
Charmaine leaves behind seven children, 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Charmaine Fisher
Candice van der Rheede, the founder of the WCMPU, says they are devastated at losing Charmaine.
“I keep thinking maybe if I went to sleep and woke up this would all be a bad dream,” Candice tells the Daily Voice.
“I won’t have you by my side on the battlefield covering me with your love and strength.
“She always had my back. It is so hard for us, we are so sad.”
She says Charmaine was a pillar of strength.
“She kicked ass in the community and gave 150% of herself.
“She was the most dedicated member. We would message one another each morning,” she says.
Charmaine’s hartseer daughter, Leverne Snyders, 31, says her mother will be laid to rest this coming Friday.
“We have a permit to host her funeral service at our home, where she worked in the community, and she will be buried after that,” says Leverne.
“She passed away at Mitchells Plain Melomed
Hospital on Friday.”
genevieve.serra@inl.co.za