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PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER CONDEMNS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT WHERE TWO WOMEN WERE SHOT, ONE DIED AND ANOTHER IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Nelspruit – The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma has strongly condemned an incident of domestic violence in which two women were shot, leaving one dead and another in a critical condition at Witbank as well as Ogies yesterday, Friday 03 April 2020.
According to reports, the incident started when an argument broke out between two men aged 35 and 41, in a Mine Site at Phola in Oggies near Witbank. Their heated argument continued whereby the 41-year old drew a firearm and tried to shoot at the other man but failed. The man then moved to where the woman was working and fired several shots, injuring her. The victim was rushed to the hospital for medical assistance. He then drove to Hlalanikahle at Vosman where he fatally shot the victim’s mother and Paramedics certified her dead at the scene.
Members of the community notified police about the incident and a manhunt was launched. The man’s vehicle was spotted by police and a high-speed chase ensued. When the suspect realised that he was cornered, he allegedly turned the gun on himself and his car crashed whereby he was certified dead at the scene.
Preliminary investigation has since revealed that the firearm used during the incidents was illegal as its serial number was filed off.
On 30 March 2020, police in Mpumalanga issued a media statement of incidents where two women were murdered at Kwaggafontein as well as at Kwamhlanga. The investigation of the murder at Kwamhlanga revealed that the incident was a domestic-related issue where the woman had applied for a Protection Order which was served to the suspect. Both were supposed to have attended court on the day of the incident.
The 35-year-old Themba Ntuli, who is a suspect in the Kwamhlanga murder, has since been arrested by police on Tuesday, 31 March 2020 and already made his appearance at Kwamhlanga Magistrate’s Court on Thursday 02 April 2020, as well as Friday 03 April 2020. His case was postponed to Tuesday, 07 April 2020, for formal bail application.
General Zuma has, on several occasions, pleaded with members of the public to refrain from using violence to resolve domestic issues. General Zuma has also indicated that people should use the Lock-down period to fix their differences amicably and start a new life rather than using it to perpetrate domestic violence against women as well as children. They should avoid violence but rather try to make use of available structures such as Social Workers, Traditional Leaders and many more to intervene as well as to resolve their matters amicably.
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The Coronavirus outbreak will have lasting effects on everyone for years to come. Reports of infections and recoveries continue to pop up on every screen but the ones that are the most worrying in the ones about the Coronavirus related deaths.
Every country will have new records set. The first infection recorded. Highest infections per day recorded. The area with most infections. First recovery, and then the dreaded first death recorded. Then second death and so on until the morbid records starts to take on very macabre statistics such as the one just received from the US.
“The United States has recorded 1,169 deaths from coronavirus in 24 hours, the highest daily death toll of any country so far. Over 5,900 people have now died since the pandemic began and the country accounts for around a quarter of all known infections around the globe”
The official tally comes from figures reported by the Johns Hopkins University between 8:30 pm Wednesday (0030 GMT) and the same time Thursday.
The grim record was previously held by Italy, where 969 people died on March 27.
The US has now recorded around 6,000 coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began. Italy is still the country with the most deaths, a total of 14681 people succumbed to the virus. The next countries are Spain with 11,744 deaths, France with 6,507 and the United Kingdom with 3,605 deaths. South Africa currently has 9 deaths recorded
The youngest American victim was reported earlier this week – a 6 week old baby in the state of Connecticut.
The total amount of people that recovered so far from the disease are 233,689. Chine had the highest figure of recoveries at 76942 with Spain, Germany, Italy Iran and France following.
The total amount of infections is still extremely high with 1,134,418. The US has 278,458. Spain now has the second most infections at 124,736 with Italy following at 119,827. China only has 82,543 infections.
The pandemic is still growing with no immediate end in sight.
South Africa has seen defiance by many people, mostly in the poorer areas, towards the disease. People are still gathering in groups and someplace even hosting parties. The army has been called and deployed to help. Govan Mbeki saw the Army deployed over the past few days.
Social distancing is not adhered to even though some shops have placed markers to indicate the distance that should be kept from other persons. Debates about the wearing of masks are flooding the social media groups and Fake news is rife.
Only time will tell if South Africa’s efforts were in time and efficient.
Police
Minister, General Bheki Cele has welcomed the revisions by the National Command
Council to the Lockdown Regulations and has taken time to elaborate on those
aspects of the Regulations that seemed to have caused confusion amongst the
public.
With the
second weekend of the lockdown around the corner, Minister Cele has
contextualised the relaxation of the regulations in as far as movement between
Provinces, travelling to and from funerals is concerned.
“We
have been inundated with volumes of calls from families seeking clarification
or intervention or sometimes even permits relating to travelling to the
funerals of their loved ones. Most such calls came from the Western Cape and
the Eastern Cape and two particular police stations mentioned were Arbedeen and
Aliwal North,” cited Minister Bheki Cele.
Amendments
to the Regulations now allow certain individuals to move between provinces,
metropolitan and district areas for purposes of transporting the body for
burial.
Meanwhile,
certain categories of individuals closely related to the deceased, are
permitted to travel to funerals.
According to
the regulations, persons travelling for the purpose of a burial/cremation may
obtain a permit to travel, from a Magistrate or from a Police Station Commander
or his/her designate, on provision of a death certificate or a certified copy
thereof. It is important for the individual seeking a permit to also give their
date of return that will reflect on the permit.
Furthermore,
the limit on number of people in attendance at a funeral remains 50, to
maintain the effort to curb the spread of the corona virus. Also, night vigil
services are still strictly prohibited for the duration of the lockdown.
On the issue
of “spaza shops”, an instruction will be issued to the more than 24
000 members on deployment from the SAPS, SANDF, Metro Police and other law
enforcement agencies, to understand that all spaza shops and informal food
traders with the necessary permits from the relevant Municipality will be
allowed to operate.
In response
to another area of confusion, the Minister of Police clarified and emphasised
that cigarettes are not an essential item and that the sale thereof is
prohibited across the country.
“What
has been a dampener since the beginning of the lockdown has been the
consistently high number of people arrested for violating the lockdown
regulations,” continued Minister Cele citing 2 298 arrests just on 30
March. By close of business on 31 March, the total sum of arrests had reached
over 17 000 since the kick-off of the lockdown.
Provincial
Breakdown of Total Arrests:
Gauteng – 1
888
Western Cape
– 4 769
KwaZulu
Natal – 1 845
Eastern Cape
– 1 613
Northern
Cape – 832
North West –
1 562
Free State –
3 098
Mpumalanga –
752
Limpopo –
850
TOTAL – 17
209
Offences
vary between transport related offences, liquor related and general
non-compliance with the Regulations.
“Ideally,”
said the Minister, “we would prefer that our communities and all
stakeholders cooperate and comply to minimise the risk of exposure of both
themselves as well as our 24 389 law enforcement members to the COVID-19. We
really do not want to arrest people but to contain the spread of the
Virus.”
Members of
the SAPS, the SANDF, Metro Police Departments and all law enforcement agencies
will remain on deployment throughout the lockdown period.
Minister
Cele reiterated the need by Provinces to align themselves to the National
Regulations and not to unilaterally sanction their own unauthorised
province-specific version of the Regulations as this ends up confusing the
public and of more concern, confusing the law enforcement agencies who are
expected to enforce the National Regulations.
There are
avenues in place through with provincial governments can engage and give input
in relation to the Regulations. Minister Cele is calling on all spheres of
government to follow due processes in the best interest of the country at
large.
Broken, confused, unsure and even a little feeble is how I would describe murder accused, Francois Pretorius.
Francois appeared in the Bethal court on Friday, 27 March. He is set to face two charges of murder. The community of Bethal was shocked when they heard about the murder of Emeritus Pastor Hannes Beukes and his wife, Ibel, the previous Wednesday. It is on charges relating to these murders that Francois appeared in court.
Francois Pretorius leaving the courtroom
Francois was dressed in khaki clothes that
he most probably wore from the incident. The clothes were dirty and he was unshaven.
He appeared to be confused as to the proceedings and would start any answer
with “I am guilty.” Judge De Villers had to explain the procedures to Francois
several times.
As I sat and listened to the proceedings, I
could only wonder what went wrong. It would appear that Francois is telling the
truth about killing the pastor and his wife, although he never said that, just
“I am guilty” was all he said.
Francois gave the impression of someone
that was fully aware of what he has (allegedly) done and was extremely
remorseful. His main concern was that of his family and what financial
implications this trial would have on his family.
I, as The Bulletin, applied for permission
to have his photograph taken and he only opposed it with a plea that he would
like to spare his children the embarrassment. He even stood briefly so that I
could take the photo.
Francois handed himself to the police with
the help of his Father in law. It would appear that he has made a full
confession to a magistrate. This case would have to take the full route
regardless of his statement.
Francois indicated that he would rather
conduct his own defence. He waivered his right to legal aid.
Judge De Villiers explained the bail
application to him in detail. At one stage she had to say that she is not yet
interested in his story but only if he would like to apply for bail.
To this, he replied with weighted shoulders that he would not apply for bail. He would like to spare his family: “Anyway what should I do there.”
Francois seemed genuinely confused by the
court proceedings and even enquired about the cost of a formal bail
application.
Judge De Villiers said that as these
charges related to a schedule 5 offence, no bail would be given unless he could
prove that it would be in the interest of justice that he, Francois, be
released on bail.
Francois had never been charged with
anything (according to his testimony) and said that it was his first time in a
courtroom.
I could not help to feel some sympathy for
him as we sat in the courtroom. So many times, we have sat in the courtrooms
with murderers appearing before the court only to feel the hate of the audience
towards them.
In Bethal Court A there is bulletproof
glass separating the audience from the court officials. It created an
incredibly sad and surreal atmosphere as we, The Bulletin, were the only two
people in the audience.
There was no support for Francois. The
lockdown made matters worse as no one could travel to court.
There was no hatred from the back but there
was no love either. There was no support. In a world where things went so
horribly wrong for three people, Francois became a statistic, a number, a
convict for now and definitely a broken, scared man.
Let us hope that the family and friends of
DS Beukes and his wife will get some answers during this trial. Let us hope
they can find closure and peace. Let us hope that justice will be done.
And for Francois, if he really carried out
the deeds accredited to him, let us hope he finds forgiveness in the arms of
God. If he is guilty, he will have to answer to everyone during the trial, but,
above all, to his Maker.
I know that there are already a lot of
stories doing the rounds and some comments that he is guilty. May I appeal to
everyone that they would wait for the full trial before they judge? I sense
that there will be many tales to tell after this trial.
Nelspruit -The Provincial Commissioner of South African Police Service in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma has welcomed the arrest of six Traffic Officers aged between 28 and 43, for corruption as well as defeating the ends of justice yesterday, 01 April 2020, at Middelburg.
According to the report, on 12 March 2020,
the Traffic Officers stopped a man who was transporting school kids with his
Bakkie. Instead of issuing him with traffic fine, the officers allegedly took
the man’s driver’s licence and demanded money in exchange for the license. The
man then allegedly explained to them that he did not have money and was told
that he will never see his driver’s license unless he “pays” for it.
The man then allegedly made arrangements to
“pay” them at the end of March 2020. When the day arrived, he
contacted the Officials and allegedly handed over the money.
The police were then notified about the
allegations and they followed up on the information. The traffic officials were
arrested shortly thereafter after being found in possession of the money which
was allegedly handed over as payment.
The Provincial Commissioner reiterated the
position of law enforcement agencies when it comes to rooting out corruption
and crime in general. “As law enforcers in the province, we made a
decision that we need to tackle corruption head-on without fear or favour and we
cannot allow rotten elements to exist within our ranks. If anyone is found to
have been involved in any kind of corrupt activity, must be rooted out as we
are here to serve the public not victimise and take advantage on them,”
said General Zuma.
Meanwhile, the six suspects appeared at the
Middelburg Magistrate’s Court today, Thursday 02 April 2020 on charges of
corruption and defeating the ends of justice. All were released on warning and
they will appear again at the same court on 08 July 2020.
The public is encouraged to continuously
report corrupt activities by calling 08600 10111 or send a SMS to 32211.
MYSAPSAPP can also be used in this regard.
