The slain Marry Me informal settlement patrollers were remembered on Sunday, 22 March. Families and the community held a candle-lighting ceremony and prayers at the scene where five patrollers were brutally killed, and seven others were severely injured. ALSO READ | Philemon Mashabela set to be laid to rest after being Read more
Family loses father and son within just eight heartbreaking days, leaving a Tsakane household drowning in grief. The Tshabangu family from Ekurhuleni is still trying to come to terms with the sudden deaths of 33-year-old Sphiwe Tshabangu, who passed away on 1 January, and his father, Archbishop Johannes Tshabangu of Read more
Lefa Johannes Makgwathane was sadly killed while trying to stop an argument in Soshanguve. According to Daily Sun, The family of Lefa Johannes Makgwathane want the man who stabbed him to death arrested. ALSO READ | Five boys killed in the initiation schools in Eastern Cape The 44-year-old from Soshanguve, Tshwane, Read more
Philemon Mashabela’s life was celebrated at Kopanong Community Hall in Soshanguve, Tshwane, on Thursday, 10 April. Philemon (32) was shot, stoned, axed, and burnt at the Marry Me informal settlement in Soshanguve. He was described as a kind, loving, and jolly individual. Philemon and other community patrollers were attacked, and Read more
A private company Saam Sokolo Security says six people have been arrested in connection with the murder of five community patrollers in Pretoria. The incident happened in the early hours of Saturday while the Community Policing Forum members were patrolling the Marry Me informal settlement in Soshanguve in northern Pretoria. Read more
A Haunting sound of gunfire, screams, and smoke still resonates in the minds of the Soshanguve community, where Tinyiko (7) and Mpfumo Mashaba (4) were brutally murdered in their shack. The incident happened at Changing Spot informal settlement, Soshanguve Extension 6, Tshwane, in June 2024. The siblings’ mum, Itumeleng Mashaba, Read more
Four community patrollers were shot and killed, while eight others were injured and are in hospital. According to residents who wished to remain anonymous, the shocking incident happened on the morning of Saturday, 22 March. Residents said they were awakened by gunshots. The deceased and injured patrollers are from Marry Read more