Coligny Protests

Murder leaves Coligny changed

There are conditions to this reconciliation — Moshoeu is not being employed.

Staff Reporter

3 min read

Farm workers Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte at the North West High Court during the verdict on the murder Matlhomola Mosweu (16) on October 17 2018. (Tiro Ramatlhatse/Sowetan/Gallo)

COLIGNY PROTESTS

18 OCT 2018

Coligny duo found guilty of murder to be sentenced next year

Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte will remain in custody

Sesona Ngqakamba

2 min read

COLIGNY PROTESTS

6 JUN 2018

Coligny murder: Farmworkers back in court

Pieter Doorewaard and Philip Schutte are accused of killing Matlhomola Moshoeu after they allegedly caught Moshoeu stealing a sunflower

Jeanette Chabalala

2 min read

The election of the Economic Freedom Fighter’s Bongane Cekiso may imperil the fragile peace in Coligny

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

4 MAY 2018

Coligny stumbles in its shaky steps towards reconciliation

A year ago, a North West town was on the brink of a race war. Today, an uneasy peace prevails, but a combative EFF has warned that it may ‘burn again’

Govan Whittles

9 min read

Mourners at Matlhomola Moshoeu’s funeral hold aloft sunflower stalks in symbolic remembrance of how the teen died.

COLIGNY PROTESTS

12 MAY 2017

Coligny: Where a handful of stolen seeds can cost you your life

Simmering racism in the North West town has boiled over after the alleged murder of a black teen.

Govan Whittles

11 min read