Both AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo and premier Oscar Mabuyane have expressed shock at the recent mass killings in the Eastern Cape. This follows the mass shooting last week of seven family members at Tantseka village, near the king’s Bumbane Great Place in Mthatha. Mabuyane, who described 2022 as the worst year for killings in the province, said he had written to police minister Bheki Cele, calling for national police intervention to deal with this crisis.