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ANC insiders in the municipality say this is all bad blood stemming from the removal of former mayor Mangaliso Matika. (Find it in Kimberley)
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

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
(Tiro Ramatlhatse/Sowetan/Gallo Images)
COLIGNY PROTESTS

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

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

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