Minister of Police Bheki Cele and Deputy Minister of State Security Zizi Kodwa on Tuesday called for urgent legal reform to help in the fight against crime. This came as an Eastern Cape father told them of the bitter price he paid for taking a stand against stock thieves in his village his wi.
Residents of the small village of Tantseka in the Sithebe administrative area, a stone's throw from the Bumbane Great Place, have been left terrified and disbelieving after seven people died in a hail of bullets in one of the rural homes late on Wednesday.
Seven relatives, aged between 29 and 79, were gunned down while mourning the death of another family member in Tantseka village in Sithebe administrative area near the Bumbane Great Place, near Qunu on Wednesday night. The group was allegedly accosted by armed gunmen who demanded R50,000 in stokvel monies, according to surviving family members.
Seven relatives, aged between 29 and 79, were gunned down while mourning the death of another family member near Qunu in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday night.