Mayor lambastes cult religions
Ekurhuleni mayor Mondli Gungubele has, in the strongest terms possible, condemned the "dastardly and barbaric occurrences" in Daveyton.
This follows the latest incident, in which a 19-year-old boy is alleged to have killed his mother in what is believed to be another satanic ritual.
“We see here a strange phenomenon taking place, where children commit violent acts of molesting their parents and relatives in the name of cult religion,” said Gungubele in his speech at the council meeting, in Germiston, on August 1.
He called the situation “regrettable”.
“The time is now, more than ever before, to stand up as council and mobilise communities to bring this to an end,” he added.
He called upon all to join the call to fight the scourge that is threatening social stability in the communities.
“For us to defeat these social ills, we need our communities to stand up against the perpetrators of such hate crimes and show them that there is no room for madness in our society,” said the mayor.
These delinquents, he said, need to be flushed out of communities and banned for ever.
Horrific incidents such as this one are slowly becoming a norm in the area.
In February, a 40-year-old Mayfield man was arrested after he allegedly beheaded his wife, and, in May, a 14-year-old Etwatwa boy allegedly hacked to death four members of his family with an axe.
They are all facing murder charges.
