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Jealous husband sentenced to 22 years for estranged wife’s murder
A jealous husband who brutally stabbed his wife to death has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.
AbaThembu royal serving life for raping minor relatives, walks free on appeal
After five years behind bars, abaThembu royal and senior traditional leader Nkosi Avelile Sakhisizwe Mtirara has walked free — released by the Mthatha high court and allowed to resume his duties overseeing more than 20 villages around Bhityi near Mthatha.
Vuyo Zungula’s marriage bridges royal divide
The wedding of ATM founding president and parliamentary leader Vuyo Zungula to Zoleka Mathiso has been hailed as a moment of reconciliation for the AmaMpondomise royal clans, bringing together families long divided by a historic succession dispute.
Clinic remains closed more than week after murder of security guard
The Xhwili Clinic in Bhityi outside Mthatha remains closed more than a week after a brutal attack in which a woman security guard was shot dead and a woman colleague seriously injured.
Contralesa president denies calling for initiation moratorium
Traditional leaders and customary initiation authorities in the Eastern Cape have rejected reports that the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) had called for a two-year suspension of initiation schools in the province.
Willowvale man jailed for life for murder of 74-year-old
A 29-year-old Eastern Cape man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing to death a 74-year-old after a dispute about traditional beer.
All we want is the truth, says family of slain anti-apartheid activist
The family of murdered anti-apartheid activist Bathandwa Ndondo say they want only one thing from Gcinisiko Dandala, the former Transkei security branch officer now facing charges for his killing: the truth.
Devastated family of slain security guard demands swift justice
The family of Sinovuyo Sita, a 28-year-old security guard who was kidnapped and murdered while on duty at the Xhwili Clinic near Mthatha, has condemned the “barbaric and cruel” killing and demanded justice.
Ex-Transkei Security Branch cop in court over activist’s 1985 murder
Gcinisiko Dandala, a former police officer attached to the notorious Transkei Security Branch, has appeared in court charged with the 1985 murder of anti-apartheid activist Bathandwa Ndondo.
Security guard killed, another critical after horror clinic attack
A woman security guard was killed execution-style and another is in critical condition after an early-morning attack on an Eastern Cape clinic.
