Andile Moshoeshoe
CONSTANT problems affecting the community of Kokstad, such as the disappearance of children, brutal murders of women as well as the continuous deaths of municipal employees have resulted in a prayer session organised by the Greater Kokstad Municipality on Wednesday, September 2.
These concerning incidents left residents with unanswered questions about whether their once-peaceful town is now descending into a crisis.
In a space of two months, the municipality has lost about five employees due to various conditions.
“We are here because we are responding to your cries over the deaths that have engulfed your municipality. You live in fear that you could be the next victim swallowed by this dark cloud hanging over our municipality,” Mayor Lwanda Madikizela said during the prayer session.
He said that Kokstad urgently needs prayer, describing it as a town that was once regarded as peaceful but is now facing a succession of deeply disturbing incidents. He highlighted the escalation of gender-based violence, the killing of children and violence reported in the Marikana informal settlement.
