Masoyi Murders: Police minister Bheki Cele to visit Mpumalanga

Minister, Bheki Cele will be accompanied by MEC for Community, Security and Liaison, Gabisile Shabalala, the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, Gen Khehla John Sitole, as well as the Provincial Commissioner of Mpumalanga Lt Gen Mondli Zuma, and other senior management of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Services (JCPS), Mpumalanga News reports.

The Masoyi policing precinct has experienced several challenges, that include the disappearance of two children in April this year in Mganduzweni.

The two were later found dead near a stream not far from where they lived.

According to a statement released by the  Department of Community, Security and Liaison, “Two people were killed because they were suspected of being responsible for the disappearance and murder of two children. The communities went on a rampage as a result. It later turned out that the two men who were killed were not involved in the death of the children, as a result, two suspects were arrested in that regard.”

There were other cases of vigilantism reported in the area.

“Recently five women’s bodies were discovered buried in a suspect’s yard in Numbi. This after the suspect confessed to killing and burying the women within the same yard. It is against this background that Minister Cele and his entourage are placing special focus in this area,” reads the statement.

During the visit, the minister will be briefed about the progress made on some of these high profile cases that happened in the area.

Communities will also be allowed to interact with Gen Cele on crime-related issues.