A rural community in the Eastern Cape is stunned and baffled after a dead woman gave birth inside a coffin. The bizarre “coffin birth” has left some people crying witchcraft after a deceased 33-year-old mother of five‚ Nomveliso Nomasonto Mdoyi‚ of Mthayisi village near Mbizana‚ gave birth. This was discovered by funeral parlour staff 10..
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Dead woman ‘gives birth’ in coffin
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DA member baked cake for ANC birthday bash
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Of all the stories about the ANC‚ this one has got to take the cake. As it turns out‚ the ruling party sought help from a member of the opposition to help it celebrate its 106th birthday in East London in the Eastern Cape on Saturday. Nadine Taylor from East London raised eyebrows on social..
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Eastern Cape farmer dies weeks after brutal attack
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The family of farmer Riaan Scheepers from Alexandria in the Eastern Cape said this evening that Scheepers had died after a weeks-long battle to stay alive following a savage beating from robbers at the farm he managed late last month. A message from his daughter Bianca Scheepers shared on WhatsApp‚ states: “Papa went to a..
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Man jailed after sangoma prescribes sex with donkey – Say no more!
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An Eastern Cape man has been sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to having sexual intercourse with a donkey. He was convicted of bestiality. The 23-year-old Ntando Thembalethu Mankungwini claimed in court he had been instructed by a sangoma to have sex with the animal. The sangoma told him he would be..
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Farm land in Eastern Cape destroyed in fire
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Seven farms, totalling 37 000 hectares, have been destroyed in veld fires at Barkley-East in the Eastern Cape. Firefighters and farmers are currently trying to fight the blaze, but are struggling to keep it at bay. Four farms have totally been destroyed by the fire and farm animals have been burnt to death. At this..
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Probe exonerates Livingstone Hospital in death and maggots row
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Livingstone Hospital investigations have found that nobody can be held liable for two shocking incidents in which a patient fell to his death from the fifth floor and maggots hatched in the wound of another. But the family of Zakes Mbeki, 29, who fell from the fifth story of the hospital early on Christmas morning,..
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Robot-aided surgery now available in Eastern Cape Province
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The first robot-assisted surgeries to treat prostate cancer in the Eastern Cape were performed by Netcare Greenacres urologists Dr Hannes Brummer and Dr Johan Coetzee this week following the installation of the Da Vinci Si robotic surgical system at the hospital. Similar robotic systems have been installed at Netcare hospitals in Cape Town, Johannesburg and..
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Attack on doctors at public hospitals in South Africa sparks security concerns
No doctor available – MEC left untreated at public hospital
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Sport, recreation, arts and culture MEC Pemmy Majodina experienced what many Eastern Cape residents without medical aid go through everyday when she had to be rushed to a hospital almost 24km away, after there was no doctor on duty at the first public hospital. The flamboyant Majodina had to be driven to the Maclear Hospital..
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Amcu criticize – Government not prioritising families of slain Marikan worker in terms of housing, education and skills development
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The trust fund says if the victims of Marikana were important to the state much more assistance would have been given by now. JOHANNESBURG – The Marikana Massacre Amcu Trust Fund says the government is not prioritising the widows and families of the slain mine workers. The trust fund says if the victims of Marikana..
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