MEC calls for harsher sentences for GBV perpetrators following stabbing of Kagiso Kale
The teenager was found in pool of blood on Wednesday evening.
LIMPOPO – MEC for Social Development, Nkakareng Rakgoale condemned the murder of 17-year-old Kagiso Ramokone Kale and has called for harsher sentences to be given to those found guilty of Gender-Based-Violence.
Kale, who is a Grade 12 learner at Ebenezer High School in Zone 2, Mahwelereng was stabbed to death during an incident at ga-Madiba village outside Mokopane, on Wednesday evening.
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According to Police Spokesperson, Brig Motlafela Mojapelo the police received a report about the incident and rushed to the scene. “On arrival, they found the victim lying in a pool of blood with several stab wounds.Preliminary investigations were conducted and this led to the arrest of a 19-year-old suspect, two hours after the attack.”
The motive for the attack is unknown at this stage and police investigations still continue, said Mojapelo.
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“The continuing incidents of the killing of women and children in the province is causing us all sleepless nights. The violence perpetuated against the vulnerable groups of society must just come to an end, more so that every week we speak about these senseless killings that are claiming the lives of our people. People who have differences must just resort to peaceful means of resolving their differences other than resorting to violence. The suspect who has been arrested has to go through the criminal justice system and if found guilty a harsher sentence must me meted to serve as a deterrent to would-be abusers of women and children,” Rakgoale concluded.
The suspect is expected to appear in the Mokerong Magistrate’s Court soon.
