Farewell Estelle Ellis, who chased broken lifts, broken hospitals and broken promises

Daily Maverick | 07.08.2026 20:23
“A desperate Eastern Cape mother allegedly used rat poison to kill herself and three of her four children on Sunday. The police said their preliminary investigation found that the family was living in extreme poverty and the mother had become despondent. This is the second case of its kind in the Eastern Cape in just over a month.”