Nearly a month after her husband, renowned journalist Godknows Nare, was allegedly murdered by the Metro Police, Silibele Khumalo finally agreed to speak to the Record on Sunday, 7 May.
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Initial article: World- renowned journalist shot dead by cops in Florida
Khumalo starts her version on the Thursday prior to the day Nare was killed. Nare, being a fervent member of the ZCC church, left at 3am, heading for Moria. He spent the weekend there and returned at 10am on 17 April.
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At about 6pm, Nare went back to his sister and fetched his three children. After dropping them off, he told Khumalo he was going to Diepsloot and then to Rosebank to meet another journalist colleague. But at about 7pm he said he was too tired to go to Rosebank and that he was coming home. It was then that Khumalo asked him to pick up some blankets from his sister. What happened next is still the subject of speculation. According to the Metro Police, they were monitoring a hijacked vehicle. They claim there were two other men in Nare’s vehicle and that when they approached the vehicle the occupants started shooting at them, yet an eyewitness said that Nare arrived alone. One of the other men was also wounded in the alleged shootout and one managed to flee. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) could however not find any proof that Nare shot at the police. Another version has Nare climbing out of the vehicle with his hands raised before he was shot, but Khumalo says for now she believes only that he went to his sister and that she does not want to speculate.
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At about 12.30pm she decided to go to bed, and although worried, brushed it off because the nature of Nare’s work meant that things would often come up at odd hours. Only the next day did a detective from the Florida Police call her and ask her to come to the detective offices. She was then told of the shootout and her husband’s death.
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“I just want two things – justice and answers. Justice won’t bring him back, but I want answers for when the three little ones grow up,” concluded the grieving widow.
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