An early morning swift response from the SAPS saved a 63-year-old woman on March 1.
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Officers, while they were on patrol, received a report of probable mob justice at the Moriting Sector, Thembisa.
When the police arrived, the outraged residents of the neighbourhood reported an incident where they witnessed the woman digging holes in the middle of the night at the four corners of the street, shocking the neighbours.
The community mobilised and interrogated the woman, who said she got muthi from an inyanga in Johannesburg CBD because she was having nightmares and experienced strange movements on the roof of her house.
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Grabbing the opportunity to address the community, communications officer Sergeant Patricia Mgijima, condemned vigilantism and informed the neighbourhood that they can report such cases to the SAPS Occult Unit.
She warned the community not to take the law into their own hands because they might become suspects.
“I urge residents to establish a neighbourhood watch and community patrols to raise the alarm when they come across issues and when it was safe to do so.
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“Her relatives took home the elderly woman while the community dispersed afterwards without any issues,” said Mgijima
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