Author: Coceka Magubeni

Eastern Cape education MEC has urged matrics to refrain from holding the infamous pens-down parties, similar to one held at Enyobeni tavern in 2022, where scores of children died.
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Enyobeni tavern victims remembered a year after tragic deaths

It has been a year since the deaths of 21 teenagers at the Enyobeni tavern in Scenery Park, East London and the parents are still waiting for justice to be served.... Read more.
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GBV takes centre stage at annual National Arts Festival

Declared a national pandemic by President Cyril Ramaphosa, gender-based violence (GBV) is receiving attention at the National Arts Festival which got under way on... Read more.
Marry Me informal settlement murder case
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Life behind bars for rapist who terrorised community

The 28-year-old Thobani Madida was found guilty by the Madadeni Regional Court on Thursday for raping the 23-year-old victim in 2018. The court heard how he barged... Read more.
Initiation school deaths
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Traditional authorities respond to initiation school deaths

The first death report for the winter initiation period has been filed in the Eastern Cape after three initiates died in a hut fire. According to police, the three... Read more.
North West's father sentenced to life for toddler son's murder
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Man jailed for robbery, rape of an elderly woman

Jackson Manamela, a 23-year-old rapist from Mokopane in Limpopo, will spend the rest of his life behind bars.  Manamela was found guilty of robbery, house-breaking... Read more.
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Minors burnt beyond recognition in Hillbrow

Two minors were on Wednesday found burnt beyond recognition at Florence Nightingale Flats in Hillbrow, north of Johannesburg. A fire had started on the first floor... Read more.
White rhinos found dead
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Zimbabwean Rhino poaching gang jailed

A gang of notorious foreign nationals that is linked to poaching Rhinos in the country has been sentenced to 16 and 20 years behind bars. The six Zimbabwean nationals... Read more.