Parents and community leaders in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape are alarmed by teenage gang fights which have resulted in five stabbings during the September exams, they say.
Enmity between boys in Ntshingeni village and Bolokodlela village erupted in September, apparently over a K-Way fleece beanie (worth R150 but highly coveted by the youths) stolen from a 13-year-old at Khwaza Senior Secondary School.
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