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Friends of Siphamandla Mdilitwana took to the streets on 18 March to mourn his death. Photo: Luthando Mpofu ‘He was so happy that day’
Siphamandla Mdilitwana
Mother seeks closure after son’s death
“I saw my son lying there. There were so many cars parked around there – maybe if they took him to hospital as soon as it happened he would be alive.
“But they didn’t. They were just watching.”
Siphamandla Mdilitwana died at Cool Spot tavern in Joza on the night of Friday 12 March 2021. He was just 26.
BREAKING | Fort Hare suspends two senior finance officials By Vuyolwethu Sangotsha - 09 April 2021 Fort Hare s financial aid, fees and bursaries manager Alberto Lai-Wing and financial aid and bursaries head of department Grant Skinnette have been suspended. Image: FILE/ROD BALLY
The University of Fort Hare has suspended two senior officials who are being probed over allegations of “serious misconduct”.
Financial aid, fees and bursaries manager Alberto Lai-Wing and financial aid and bursaries head of department Grant Skinnette have been suspended pending the outcomes of the investigations.
UFH chief financial officer Charles Matumba made the announcement in a communique to staff and students on Friday.
UFH suspends student linked to off-campus sexual assault PREMIUM By Bonisile Ndaliso - 06 April 2021
First-year students at the University of Fort Hare are vulnerable to sex pests who include senior students and lecturers, the university s East London campus SRC president Sibusiso Zonke, said on Monday.
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Former KwaZulu-Natal premier Dr Frank Mdlalose will be buried during a state-funded funeral.
Current premier, Sihle Zikalala, reportedly announced this when he visited Mdlalose s family on Monday, according to IOL. He said the president had approved the request for a state funeral.
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Mdlalose, the first democratically elected premier of the province, died on Saturday. He would have turned 90 this year.
Zikalala said Mdlalose died after contracting Covid-19 and described his death as an immense loss , adding that the government mourned the passing of a giant leader .
Born in Nquthu in northern KwaZulu-Natal on 29 November 1931, Mdlalose studied at the University of Fort Hare where he obtained a BSc degree in 1952 and a university education diploma in 1953.