The DA in Limpopo with Councilor Tiny Chidi, filed a complaint with South Africa Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) requesting it to probe Polokwane Municipality for unfairly discriminating against its employees based on their age.
POLOKWANE – DA Provincial Leader, Jacques Smalle, says Chidi was shot in the leg and hit on her head with a firearm during what he says is a suspected ‘sham hijacking’ near her home on Monday night in Polokwane.
According to Smalle, the DA believe the circumstances of the attack suggest it could be ‘politically motivated’.
“Ms Chidi is currently investigating serious irregularities within Polokwane Local and Capricorn District Municipalities,” Smalle said in a statement.
Nothing was taken from her car and the perpetrators fled the scene after she refused to open her boot.
“The DA condemns this criminal act in the harshest terms and calls on law enforcement authorities to investigate all possible angles and leads. Ms Chidi has been instrumental in uncovering irregularities within Polokwane Local and Capricorn District Municipalities and has worked tirelessly to grow the DA in her wards,” Smalle said.
He went on further to say that the attack is “reflective of South Africa’s volatile political climate, which is marked by intolerance and in the most extreme of cases political killings.”
Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard
