The Durbanville community is grappling with shock and grief following the death of 14-year-old Zac Barends, the son of television personality Isabel Barends, reports Cape {town} Etc. Zac, a Grade 9 learner at Hoërskool Stellenberg, died on Wednesday, 11 March 2026. According to reports, the teenager’s parents discovered him unresponsive in his bedroom that morning after his school alarm continued ringing. … Continue reading 14-year-old son of Cape Town TV presenter allegedly takes his own life