An Eastern Cape family is reeling in shock and despair after a 20-year-old initiate went missing from his initiation hut in Madizeni village, Ngcobo, just days before his planned homecoming celebration on December 26.
Tomase Koni disappeared on Sunday night, deepening anxiety in the province where several initiates have died during the current summer initiation season.
Speaking to TimesLIVE, Tomases aunt, Nonkumbulelo Koni, said he had stepped out of his hut to relieve himself and was accompanied by another initiate and an ikhankatha traditional nurse.
