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Sipho Mabena The brothers were sprinkled with goat’s gall and each were buried with the gall bladder, which would connect them with their ancestors, in a ritual that took hours. Zenzele Coka and his brother Mgcini Coka s caskets are set down at their village on Pampoen Kraal farm, 17 April 2021, Mkhondo, Mpumalanga. Picture: Jacques Nelles In a poignant and intense moment on an overcast Saturday morning, the Coka brothers, killed in a farm shooting in Mpumalanga, were returned to Pampoenkraal farm where they died. Each of the brothers, Zenzele, 39, and Mgcini, 36, in their identical coffins, were placed on the very spot where each fell, with their elder brother, Samuel, 46, holding a tree branch to carry their spirits. An entourage of eleven family men took turns telling the brothers, with their cof ....
FARM DWELLERS âSUFFER ABUSEâ By Bulelwa Ginindza Comments Residents of Pampoenkraal are calling for the government to save them from the abuse they encounter. Photo by Bulelwa Ginindza . FARM dwellers in Pampoenkraal Farm, Emabola in Mpumalanga are calling for the government to protect them from the abuse they say theyâre facing. They said this during the funeral service of Amos Coka (36) and Zenzele Coka (40) on Saturday, 17 April. The Coka brothers were allegedly shot and killed by farmers last Friday. Itâs alleged that they were part of a group that was trying to rescue a friend who was allegedly taken and assaulted by the farmers. ....
Sipho Mabena The Coko family is so destitute that the costs of the funeral had to be covered by the Mkhondo local municipality, neighbours and relatives. Picture: Michel Bega The new twist in the killing of two Mkhondo farm dwellers in Mpumalanga last week is that one of the deceased was employed at the farm for five years and was working on the day he and his brother were gunned down. According to the statement given to police, the brothers, Mgcini Coko, 36, and Zenzele Coko, 39, were at the Pampoenkraal Farm in Mkhondo, last week as part of a group seeking seasonal work. But their mother, Nomgcibelo Vilakazi, said Zenzele had left his job in Johannesburg five years ago to work at the farm. “I still cannot. ....
Sipho Mabena FF Plus leader Pieter Groenewald. Picture: Gallo Images/Jeffrey Abrahams The incident that led to the arrest and charging of four farmers from Mkhondo in Mpumalanga for the murder of two farm dwellers has raised questions, the Freedom Front Plus has said. Daniel Malan, 38, Cornelius Greyling, 26, Othard Clingberg, 58, and Michael Sternberg, 31, have been each charged with two counts of murder and one of assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily. On Monday, the Piet Retief Magistrate’s Court postponed their matter to next week for further investigation and formal bail application in connection with the murder of brothers Mgcini Coko, 36, and Zenzele Coko, 39, at Pampoenkraal Farm at Dirkieskop, Mkhondo. ....
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