These are the words several members of the Carletonville police used to describe their colleague, Sgt Xolile Majikijela, who died while performing his duties at a roadblock over the weekend.
According to Carletonville police’s communication officer, WO Peter Masooa, Majikijela was among the police officers working at a roadblock close to the bridge next to Khutsong Extension 5 on Saturday night. The roadblock was part of Operation O Kae Molao.
As far as could be deter- mined, the police were setting up the roadblock when a silver VW Polo sped towards them from the direction of Welverdiend. The vehicle was going much faster than one would expect from someone with a roadblock ahead of them. Majikijela stepped into the road with a torch to direct the driver to pull over to the left.
However, the driver refused to stop, slamming into Majikijela and killing him instantly.
The driver was a woman from the Elijah Barayi mega-housing complex. She was arrested at the scene on charges of culpable homicide and driving under the influence of liquor.
Sgt Majikijela was a well-known, friendly face around the Carletonville police station for several years. He had moved between units in the past week and was working his first shift as a crime prevention officer when he was killed.
Our sincere condolences to his family, colleagues and friends. Majikijela was the second police officer to be killed at a roadblock in our area in the past year. WO Jan Ester- huysen of the Fochville police was also killed by an alleged drunken driver at an O Kae Molao operation roadblock on 16 October last year.