
Kebby maphatsoe
Haunting the dead: Resting in pieces in SA's graveyards
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...
In a three-part series focusing on cemeteries, we interrogate the appalling state of where our loved ones are laid to rest.
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.
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.
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Margaret Holloway's family laid a complaint at the police station and investigators are now probing an attempted murder case.
The disbanded Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association's president's funeral was held on Sunday at the West Park Cemetery in Johannesburg.
Kebby Maphatsoe was laid to rest at the Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg on Sunday.
Mahumapelo paid tribute to Maphatsoe at a funeral service held in Soweto on Sunday.
It's understood that MKMVA head Kebby Maphotsoe had specifically asked for certain ANC members to speak at his funeral.
Family, friends, members of the MKMVA and the ANC have gathered for Kebby Maphatsoe's final send off.
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.
Kebby Maphatsoe had written a letter to explain exactly whom he wanted to attend and speak at his funeral, his family said.
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.
The leader of the African National Congress (ANC)'s disbanded uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) died at his home in Meyersdal on Tuesday.
The 58-year-old died in his sleep at his Joburg home on Tuesday.
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.
Maphatsoe served as Deputy Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2019.