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Haunting the dead: Resting in pieces in SA's graveyards

By Abigail Javier

Eyewitness News travelled to five provinces in South Africa for a three-part docuseries on the state of our cemeteries. In our first episode, litter, unkept...

  • The vandalised tombstones of Nat Nakasa and Senzo Meyiwa in Chesterville Heroes Acre cemetery. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Haunting the dead: How our loved ones are resting in pieces

    In a three-part series focusing on cemeteries, we interrogate the appalling state of where our loved ones are laid to rest.

    45 days ago
  • FILE: Margaret Holloway was enjoying the sunlight at her old age home on Sunday in Westdene when she was hit by the bullet.Picture: SAPS.

    Woman hit by stray bullet fired during Maphatsoe funeral feels lucky to be alive

    Margaret Holloway is recovering at Helen Joseph Hospital, but doctors have told her the bullet lodged in her leg would have to stay there for the rest of her life because it was too risky to remove it.

    260 days ago
  • ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte briefing media on 7 September 2021. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    ANC calls for action against those who fired guns at Maphatsoe funeral

    Members of the now-defunct MKMVA were seen and heard firing off guns in honour of Kebby Maphatsoe, who died of heart failure last week. An old age home resident was hit by a stray bullet fired from the funeral.

    260 days ago
  • ANC condemns firing of gun at Kebby Maphatsoe's funeral

    ANC's Jessie Duarte condemned firearms being discharged at funerals. #KebbyMaphatsoe #ANC

    260 days ago
  • Picture: Unsplash

    Elderly woman allegedly shot by Maphatsoe mourners told bullet can't be removed

    Margaret Holloway's family laid a complaint at the police station and investigators are now probing an attempted murder case.

    260 days ago
  • FILE: Police are now investigating allegations that mourners discharged firearms at the funeral, firing shots into the air. Picture: Pexels.com

    Attempted murder case opened after elderly woman wounded at Maphatsoe funeral

    The disbanded Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association's president's funeral was held on Sunday at the West Park Cemetery in Johannesburg.

    261 days ago
  • FILE:  Fomer Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association President Kebby Maphatsoe. Picture: dmv.gov.za

    ‘It was a blue lie’- Maphatsoe’s comrades dismiss claims he was an apartheid spy

    Kebby Maphatsoe was laid to rest at the Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg on Sunday.

    262 days ago
  • FILE: Kebby Maphatsoe, uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans' Association president. Picture: GCIS.

    Mahumapelo: Maphatsoe was a great leader, freedom fighter

    Mahumapelo paid tribute to Maphatsoe at a funeral service held in Soweto on Sunday.

    262 days ago
  • FILE: Kebby Maphatsoe. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    ANC heavyweights turn out for funeral of MKMVA head Kebby Maphotsoe

    It's understood that MKMVA head Kebby Maphotsoe had specifically asked for certain ANC members to speak at his funeral.

    263 days ago
  • FILE: Kebby Maphatsoe. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    ANC MKMVA leader Kebby Maphatsoe laid to rest

    Family, friends, members of the MKMVA and the ANC have gathered for Kebby Maphatsoe's final send off.

    263 days ago
  • Deputy President David Mabuza at the Mpumalanga Show on 31 August 2019. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Mabuza: The ANC will unite and correct itself

    African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President David Mabuza conceded that the ANC was facing crippling problems and he's called for unity in honour of the late Kebby Maphatsoe.

    265 days ago
  • FILE: Kebby Maphatsoe. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    After a rare united ANC show, Kebby Maphatsoe will be laid to rest on Sunday

    Kebby Maphatsoe had written a letter to explain exactly whom he wanted to attend and speak at his funeral, his family said.

    266 days ago
  • The ANC on Wednesday arriving at the home of former MKMVA president and Deputy Defence and Military Veterans Minister Kebby Maphatsoe. Picture: Veronica Makhoali/Eyewitness News.

    'We've suffered a tragic loss': ANC honours late MKMVA leader Maphatsoe

    The former deputy minister of defence and military veterans and head of the now-disbanded Umkhonto We Sizwe Military Veterans' Association has been hailed for his courageous contribution to democracy.

    267 days ago
  • FILE: Kebby Maphatsoe, uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans' Association president. Picture: GCIS.

    ANC MKMVA leader Kebby Maphatose died of a heart attack, family confirms

    The leader of the African National Congress (ANC)'s disbanded uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) died at his home in Meyersdal on Tuesday.

    267 days ago
  • FILE: Kebby Maphatsoe. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Kebby Maphatsoe's passing leaves a deep void amongst all of us - Niehaus

    The 58-year-old died in his sleep at his Joburg home on Tuesday.

    267 days ago
  • FILE: Kebby Maphatsoe, uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans' Association president. Picture: GCIS.

    Maphatsoe hailed for cementing the MKMVA in modern day ANC politics

    The MKMVA’s rise to prominence was largely linked to former President Jacob Zuma’s dominance and Maphatsoe was an avid supporter of Zuma until his final days.

    267 days ago
  • FILE: Kebby Maphatsoe. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    ANC MKMVA leader Kebby Maphatsoe has passed away

    Maphatsoe served as Deputy Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2019.

    268 days ago
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