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FROM OUR FILES: School kids from various secondary schools were caught drinking liquor at a house in Naturena during school hours. Pic: BAFANA MAHLANGU. 01/09/2008. © Sowetan.

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If the owners did not comply, Nozaba Tawe, Nowanithi Gwadeni, Niwinile Ntinde, Nonene Joyi and Nkosikazi Nophambili Joyi, of Mputhi village near Mthatha, said they would campaign to close them down permanently.

The women were concerned about some taverns operating 24-hours a day, and said school children stayed away from school to drink and that a string of robberies, rapes and murders had taken place in the area.

According to the website, the women met in September to discuss how to prevent crime in the village and decided that liquor abuse was partially to blame.

“Enough is enough. We have to defeat crime,” Nkosikazi Nophambili Joyi, the wife of a traditional leader.

Two tavern owners said they were not happy with the new arrangement, but would stick to it.

“At 6pm, it is the time that we are starting to get customers in numbers, now when we close at 6pm we will suffer,” said tavern manager Camagu Mangquka.

Tavern owner Xoliswa Mpondombini said: “I don’t have a problem with closing at 6pm. This is for the sake of peace, law and stability in our village”.

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Tue Jun 18 07:20:08 SAST 2013 ::

Sep 20, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Is this legal?
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Sep 20, 2012

Tlakenyobehle!

make it legal if not please lets close them down at 5 on weekends
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Sep 20, 2012

Voetzek

What about if the person who bought booze is above twenty, i dont see any reason why they can apprehend these small pepee, they must fight real crimes
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Sep 20, 2012

MissBhakajuju

p.iss off women... why don't U teach your kidz some manners ?? shebeen owners also need 2 survive......


bl.acks will always be poor, maan nxxx
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Sep 20, 2012

Mmaditopo

Ladis, you are closing down the wrong places. Try parliament.
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Sep 20, 2012

Pitso.MCCMA.SAFA

“Enough is enough. We have to defeat crime,” Nkosikazi Nophambili Joyi, the wife of a traditional leader.

Sowetan was it necessary to mention that Nkosikazi is a wife of a traditional leader?
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Sep 20, 2012

Mmaditopo

Mmaditopo
Ladis, you are closing down the wrong places. Try parliament.
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Typo - i meant ladies.

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Sep 20, 2012

RobinH

Mmaditopo: "Ladis, you are closing down the wrong places. Try parliament." BEAUTIFUL!!!

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Sep 20, 2012

Pitso.MCCMA.SAFA

@RobinH
Women nowadays are doing everything because they are women, not because whatever they are doing makes sense. Look what engulfed our President, women. Was it necessary for a woman to continue marrying Zuma, whereas Zuma is in the sea of other women? This thing of women empowerment should be revisited and find skeleton it deserves.

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Sep 20, 2012

DrunkenMaster

Thank God i dont live there because i was going to die from beer thirst oh this is totaly wrong ladies.
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