Pioneering prosecutor and magistrate dies

A MAGISTRATE who was instrumental in establishing a law faculty at the former Vista University in Missionvale, Port Elizabeth, has died.

Welcome Velaphi Monki, who was based in Willowmore until he retired for health reasons two years ago, died of kidney failure at the age of 65.

Monki, who lived in KwaMagxaki after retirement, was born in Loko township, Cradock, in 1949.

He moved to Port Elizabeth in 1971 and joined the Justice Department in 1974. - Hendrick Mphande

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