‘Mob justice’ before funeral outside Tzaneen
A six room house was torch before a funeral on Monday.
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Limpopo Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba, has condemned the acts of violence which erupted Monday afternoon 12 August in the Hlanganani Policing area outside Giyani.
A six roomed house and a rondavel at Blinkwater Village were torced by community members.
”This is after the deceased’s family complained to the Police that while preparing to bury Mbhazima James Makhubele (53), they allegedly found that some of his body parts were missing. Members of the community in the village went on rampage, attacked a family member accused of being responsible for the deceased’s death. During the process, the houses were torched,” Col Moatshe Ngoepe said in a statement.
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