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The blaze wiped out the entire Carstens household. Danè Carstens and her two sons Magiel and Pierre-Johan all died in the fire. Hendri Carstens succumbed to his injuries at the Christiaan Barnard Hospital in Cape Town on Sunday evening, a family wrote on Facebook.Image: 123RF/Thuansak Srilao
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‘Our hearts are broken’: tears for families after Kalahari lodge fire

“No-one deserves to die in such a traumatic manner. Our hearts are broken. We are lost for words.” These are the words of a friend of Wilmien Davin — who lost her children Frans-Jan and Eliza (Iza) in a horrific fire at the Blinkwater…

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CONVICTED MURDERER: Tonny Donile received an effective 27 years imprisonment for culpable homicide, housebreaking and murder in the Port Alfred Regional Court
APPEAL DENIED

Donile denied leave to appeal murder sentence

From Talk of the Town, January 24 edition Convicted murderer Tonny Donile was denied leave to appeal his sentence at the Port Alfred Regional Court on Friday. Donile seemed to have a lot of support from the members of the gallery present.…

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