Saba Mbixane Dies at the Age of 54 Following a Motorbike Accident

Popular Umhlobo Wenene FM DJ Saba Mbixane (54) has died after being involved in a motorbike accident earlier this month in his hometown of Mount Frere, Eastern Cape. It is reported that Mbixane sustained critical injuries to his head and was rushed to hospital. He died on Thursday (26th of February) after spending more than two weeks in a critical condition at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha. Mbixane’s untimely death comes as a great shock to Maskandi mu... Read more »
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By PAW On Monday, July 29th, 2013

Botched Circumcisions Claim 60 Lives in the Eastern Cape

Circumcision season usually starts from May and continues until around the end of the mid-year school holidays in July depending on the area. This is a difficult time for the young boys who go to initiation sch... Read more »
By Zuziwe On Sunday, October 28th, 2012

SATMA Awards 2012 results: Saba Mbixane wins again

Saba Mbixane of Umhlobo Wenene FM surprised many people (especially uKhozi FM listeners) on Saturday when he won two highly coveted awards for the second time in a row at the 7th Annual SATMA (Awards) in East L... Read more »
By Zuziwe On Sunday, July 22nd, 2012

Bus Collision Claims lives of 18 people

Independent Online — Eighteen people died in a horror collision between two buses – one carrying school pupils and the other Western Cape mourners to a funeral in the Eastern Cape – at about 6am on Saturd... Read more »
By The Editor On Monday, April 30th, 2012

Sicelo Shiceka dies

Former minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Sicelo Shiceka passed away at St. Mary's Hospital in the Eastern Cape on Monday, 30 April 2012. He was aged 45. It is reported that he had been ... Read more »