RHYTHM CITY ACTOR wants justice for Dumi By Zama Nteyi
Rhythm City actor, Dumi Masilela.
In an Instagram post in the early hours of Thursday morning, 27 May he said he wants to see Dumi’s alleged killers go down.
“Next Week Monday is @dmasilela’s birthday and his trial will resume and I will be in court. I need justice for him and I need these murderers to ALL GO DOWN Sfundo Harrison Nkosi, 30, of Ivory Park, Bongani John Masombuka, 34, of Tembisa, Khumbuzo Solomon Mukhuba, 27, Brian Makhubedu, 24, and Mashudu Malema, 31, all of Ivory Park,” he wrote on his Instagram post, which was accompanied by a photo of Dumi.
RAPED BOY S SAD LETTER! Ntebatse Masipa
TWICE, the boy was allegedly raped in the school toilets.
Then a WhatsApp message from the tormented 14-year-old to his mum led to a teacher being arrested.
The teacher was bust last Friday and appeared in court on Monday.
The grade 10 pupil’s gogo said they were concerned when he refused to go to school when schools reopened.
“He used to leave home to go to school but apparently never arrived. We received a letter telling us he was bunking,” she said.
They were then called to the meeting with him so he could explain himself.
Dr Marc Wegerif is a lecturer in Development Studies, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Pretoria. His research focuses on agrarian transformation and food systems. The research that informed this article is part of an African food systems and Covid-19 project supported by the International Development Research Centre.
“Gloria” is standing under a rough shelter made from poles with an old tarpaulin over them. This gives her and the fruit and vegetables set out on a rough wooden table in front of her some protection from the sun and rain. The stall is on the corner of the street where Gloria lives with her four children in Ivory Park, a township outside Johannesburg. The area includes small government-provided RDP houses, many with extensions and other structures added by their owners, and informal settlements with shacks of old corrugated iron and other materials.
Matongo said the city had spent billions of rand since democracy investing in Soweto and transforming the country’s biggest township, yet the other three areas were left behind.