The murder case of Namhla Mtwa, a 35-year-old OR Tambo municipal employee, will be solved, according to Police Minister Bheki Cele.
She was shot nine times in her driveway in Mthatha last month on her way home from work.
Mtwa’s sister’s passionate plea for justice sparked widespread outrage on social media.
Cele believes that the lengthy procedure is terrible.
“For the police it’s not easy as the social media, as anybody would just write and say so and so, we suspect it could be so and so who’s responsible. Police need to get that information, but convert that information to evidence, so that when we act. We act decisively and we act in the correct manner. It has taken some time, the issue of Namhla, it’s giving us all problem and pain, but I’m putting my head on the block, it’s going to be resolved.”
There have been calls for the case to be resolved:
March demanding justice
Meanwhile, the large protest in Mthatha on Wednesday demanding justice for Namhla Mtwa handed over a memorandum to the police.
In it they demand the arrest of a suspect or suspects within three days and that the police station in Mthatha take GBV cases seriously.
The deputy provincial commissioner for crime detection, Major General Zithulele Dladla, says they will work with all stakeholders to ensure justice is done.
” We have brought in a provincial team to take over the investigation, we have communicated with Namhla’s family and gave them feedback on the progress of the investigation.. We are investigating and we are confident our detectives with handle the case, we are doing our best in ensuring that we arrest the right person and bring him to book or bring them to book.”
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