{"id":55901,"date":"2016-09-05T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T08:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echonews.sites.caxton.co.za\/55901\/follow-up-the-body-which-was-found-in-front-of-middelburg-hospital-was-that-of-a-well-known-hairdresser\/"},"modified":"2016-09-05T14:26:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T12:26:23","slug":"follow-up-the-body-which-was-found-in-front-of-middelburg-hospital-was-that-of-a-well-known-hairdresser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/09\/05\/follow-up-the-body-which-was-found-in-front-of-middelburg-hospital-was-that-of-a-well-known-hairdresser\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Body was that of a well known hairdresser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Jabu Jacob Mokoena (31) was<a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/53148\/murdered-man-found-outside-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\"> found dead<\/a> on 22 July at about 04:50<a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/53148\/murdered-man-found-outside-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\"> on the pavement<\/a> in front of the Middelburg Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>He had a gaping wound on his head, but the blood on his face was already dry.<\/p>\n<p>His clothes were also soaking wet.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mokoena was only identified a few days later when the family found him in the mortuary.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sean Mokgabudi (35) was later arrested in connection with the murder and charged with kidnapping and murder. His next appearance is on 27 September.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-55901 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/09\/05\/follow-up-the-body-which-was-found-in-front-of-middelburg-hospital-was-that-of-a-well-known-hairdresser\/attachment\/16ii17-1_28415\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/09\/16ii17-1_28415-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-55903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/09\/16ii17-1_28415-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/09\/16ii17-1_28415-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/09\/16ii17-1_28415.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-55903'>\n\t\t\t\tMr Jabu Jacob Mokoena was a well known hairdresser in Mhluzi.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/09\/05\/follow-up-the-body-which-was-found-in-front-of-middelburg-hospital-was-that-of-a-well-known-hairdresser\/attachment\/16ii17-3_28370\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/09\/16ii17-3_28370-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-55904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/09\/16ii17-3_28370-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/09\/16ii17-3_28370-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/09\/16ii17-3_28370.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-55904'>\n\t\t\t\tSean Mokgabudi appeared in court on charges of kidnapping and murder.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Read previous story here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/53148\/murdered-man-found-outside-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\">Murdered man found outside hospital<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read other stories here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/53130\/getting-away-with-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\">Getting away with murder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/52904\/patient-slits-own-throat-in-hospital-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patient slits troat in Hospital<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/44446\/cash-in-transit-heist\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cash in transit heist<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/52602\/viljoen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Update: Sibiya guilty for manslaughter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Send a message to our SMS line 33658 or add us onto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiddelburgObserver\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOBSERV\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOBSERV\" target=\"_blank\">@Mobserv<\/a> to receive your free daily news updates. You can also WhatsApp us on this number 079\u00a0426 1396<\/p>\n<p>Also check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">Video\u2019s<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube<\/a> daily!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man who was murdered and dumped in front of the Middelburg Hospital in July this year, was a well known hairdresser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":55902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Daleen Naude","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2885,7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-local-news","category-news-headlines"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}