Murder and assaults of traditional nurses and caregivers at male initiation schools have sparked concern from Eastern Cape authorities who fear people may refuse to step in to look after initiates unless they are provided with bodyguards.
A 14-year-old girl accused of kidnapping a seven-day-old baby boy from his mother at Mthatha General Hospital has been released into the custody of her mother after spending the weekend in jail.
There was joy and excitement when a young mother on Sunday was reunited with her eight-day-old baby boy who had allegedly been snatched by a teenager on Saturday. Nontembeko Fusa, 26, sang the praises of the police who traced the infant and arrested a 14-year-old girl, as she allegedly tried to register the child as her own at the Mthatha General Hospital.