(AGENPARL) – Thu 12 June 2025 PRESS STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12 June 2025
CUT condemns all acts of GVB following brutal murder of student
The Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) has learned with dismay about the passing of 19-year-old student Ms. Bunono Alulutho Buba, who was brutally murdered in Colesberg, Northern Cape, on 5 June 2025. Ms Buba was currently studying for a Bachelor of Education (SPFET) ECO Management degree.
The South African Police Service has registered a murder case for investigation after the discovery of the body of a 19-year-old female student in the veld between Bongweni and Khayelitsha in Kuyasa.
Preliminary reports indicate that on 05 June 2025 at approximately 02:25, police members received a report of persons who were allegedly being attacked at a drinking establishment in Khayelitsha in Kuyasa in Colesberg. Upon arrival at the said place, the SAPS members found nobody and proceeded to the Manne Dipico Hospital to check if any persons were receiving medical treatment. While at the hospital, a Volkswagen Golf stopped, and a male person reported that his girlfriend was lying in the veld area between Bongweni and Khayelitsha.
Upon arrival at the scene, the police discovered the body of a female victim with stab wounds to her neck and abdomen. The police then detained the boyfriend after he was identified with the belongings of the deceased.
“It is indeed regrettable that the scourges of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide are sporadically stifling humanity and the existence of our beloved sisters, mothers of our land. This endemic is leaving society, the family, and friends broken and traumatised, given that the loss of one too many remains a loss to the nation. We call upon our students and staff to put the family of the deceased student in our prayers during these trying times. We also urge our students, staff, and communities in Colesberg to put faith in law enforcement and cooperate in affording Ms Buba and her family much-needed justice,” said CUT Dean of Students, Dr Bernard Sebake.
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