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While the 11-year-old boy was fiddling with the firearm, a shot went off fatally wounding Kwanele in his head. An 11-year-old boy accidentally shot his 7-year-old cousin, Kwanele Zide in Libode, the Eastern Cape, South Africa with a firearm allegedly owned by his grandfather. Eastern Cape police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naid, who confirmed the incident on Monday, October 4, said the deceased and his two cousins, were playing together at their home in Siqikini location when they found a firearm under the bed on Sunday. “While one of the children, an 11-year-old boy was fiddling with the firearm (a 9mm pistol), a shot went off fatally wounding Kwanele Zide, 7, in his head,” Naid said. It is further alleged that the firearm belonged to his 49-year-old grandfather. The grandfather was…

A South African woman has reportedly given birth to 10 babies at once, breaking a world record set just last month. 37-year-old Gosiame Thamara Sithole, already a mom of six-year-old twins, initially thought she was going to have eight kids. However, when she gave birth on Monday, June 7, she was surprised when 10 babies emerged, her husband, Teboho Tsotetsi, told the Pretoria News. She gave birth by Caesarean section at a Pretoria hospital. Husband Tsotetsi told Pretoria News: “It’s seven boys and three girls. “I am happy. I am emotional. I can’t talk much. Let’s talk again in the morning please.” See Photos Below:- Tsotetsi — who is unemployed — said that he “felt like one of God’s chosen children” even when he thought he was about to welcome…