Siphelele Nketo

 KOKSTAD women from various religious groups have prayed for peace at Shayamoya Community Hall on Thursday, August 20, led by the ANC.

Lindiwe Mjobo, an ANC member and ANC Regional Working Committee member in Harry Gwala, explained that the prayer service was part of commemorating Women’s Month. Together, they prayed for an end to crime, drug usage by young people, as well as for calm in the upcoming local government elections.

The recent incidents of missing children in the Marikana informal settlement formed part of prayers too. 

“We are calling for calm in the Kokstad area. We decided to ask for God’s intervention to overcome all these problems in our communities,” Mjobo added.

There were 12 religious groups represented in the service.