Shockwaves are reverberating across Yorùbáland and the global Yorùbá diaspora following the sudden death of the Baba Ọba (King’s Father) of the famed Oyotunji African Village in South Carolina, USA. The late Baba Ọba, Lukman Arohunfale, a revered socialite and traditionalist, passed away under circumstances already sparking fierce controversy. His death comes just days after he publicly accused the newly installed Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty Oba Akeem Adéyẹmọ Owoade, of allegedly ordering his courtiers to beat him mercilessly during a recent courtesy visit to the Oyo palace in Nigeria. In a widely circulated voice recording, the deceased recounted how what was meant to be a simple homage turned violent. Although the Baba Ọba had reportedly battled ill health in the past year, growing insinuations suggest that the alleged physical assault may have aggravated his condition, ultimately leading to his untimely death. The palace in Oyo recently denied that s...
The body of 9-year-old missing pupil has been found in Cape Town, sparking another murder hunt in the city where children are killed at the rate of more than one a week.
Previledge Mabvongwe, a Grade 9 pupil disappeared on Monday, after a taxi dropped her metres from her front door in Kraaifontein, north of Cape Town, after school.
Police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said her body was found on Thursday morning, August 30, at a dumping site next to Sam Jokozela Avenue in Bloekombos, 80m from where she is believed to have been abducted. She was still wearing her Scottsville Primary School uniform, a blue jersey, navy school skirt and black shoes,”
Rwexana said crime scene experts and members of the Kraaifontein Police's Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences unit combed the area for clues.
"Police detectives appeal to anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of the perpetrator to come forward to assist with the investigation" Rwexana said.
SA Democratic Teachers Union provincial chairperson Jonovan Rustin said the union was shocked by the incident.
“Our pupils are precious, and we need to do everything to ensure they are safe while travelling to school,” Rustin said.
Sixty-six children were murdered in Cape Town in 2017.
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