Polokwane Executive Mayor John Makoro Mpe comforting Mokwele family at Luthuli Park residential area.
Polokwane Executive Mayor John Makoro Mpe has condemned gender-based violence tendencies against women and children.
Mpe who is also the ANC Peter Mokaba Regional Chairperson said this during his visit to Mokwele family at Luthuli Park residential area who lost their daughter Alexia Mpho Mokwele who was killed by a 30-year-old boyfriend.
“We condemn such barbaric acts without trepidation. The ANC and Polokwane Municipality are here to comfort you. We didn’t hesitate to come and comfort you after hearing the devastating and sad news that a person has decided to take someone’s life. We are hurt that such barbaric acts are happening within our society. We find this peculiar because in other countries such things don’t happen. The ANC and its leadership under Polokwane municipality will make sure that all things go well. We don’t want to only see our people when we conduct door to door campaigns,” said Mpe.
“We will also come when you are happy or mourning. We as men are discontent to learn that such things are happening because men must build families with their partners do not kill them. When such things happen, I’m of the view that the perpetrator is suffering from a mental disorder which contaminates families and the entire society. And that must be condemned without fear. An injury to the mind is an injury to a person, an injury to a person is an injury to the family, an injury to the community. We must defuse this wrong mentality about life.”
Mpe also acknowledged Limpopo first female Premier Phophi Ramathuba and Capricorn Region Mamedupi Teffo, ANC volunteers and councillors for also paying visit to Mokwele family.
He also took a swipe at his political detractors stressing that the ANC will not be subjected to the so-called no-go area. “We are not going to claim Seshego for our home as the ANC. Nobody is going to stop us from going to all the areas in Seshego. Let me put it to you there is no such thing called a no-go area. We are everywhere as the ANC. We are not those forces of doom and gloom counterrevolutionary liars who know our people when attending parties. They smoke weed and lie to our people speaking nonsense while interviewed on podcasts. They were given time to lead however they failed drastically to accelerate service delivery and lead our people. That’s absolute bunkum and ridiculous,” Mpe said.
Mokwele family at Luthuli Park residential area comforted by Polokwane Executive Mayor John Makoro Mpe.
Police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said police reports at this stage revealed that the mother of the victim was at home together with her daughter and the suspect. Suddenly the suspect took the motor vehicle of his girlfriend's mother and drove to a Tuckshop to buy cigarettes.
The deceased informed her mother, who called the suspect with a cellphone, and told him to bring back her motor vehicle and also hand over the keys. A 30-year-old drove back to the residence and complied as instructed.
Afterward, the couple went outside the house, and suddenly, a 31-year-old girlfriend came back running and entered the house and closed the door. The suspect kicked it open while in possession of a knife in his hand and started to stab his girlfriend multiple times on the upper body, and she fell down, bleeding profusely.
The victim was rushed to a local hospital, and she was certified dead upon her arrival at the facility.
Following the incident, the suspect attempted to flee the scene, but he was cornered and assaulted by the members of the community. Police rushed to the scene and found the suspect with open wounds, and he was also transported to the hospital for medical treatment under police guard.
The suspect was later discharged from the medical facility and is currently in police custody. Police investigations are continuing.
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