MPOLONJENI MURDERS: POLICE MOBILITY IN SPOTLIGHT

MBABANE – Government has let us down!

This assertion was made by the Mpolonjeni Umphakatsi and community following the continuous killings tainting the image of the area. There has been three recently publicised spine-chilling murders of residents in the area. The first was of a manager of Sincephetelo Motor Vehicle Accidents Fund (SMVAF) Sifiso Ndaba, who was kidnapped while at his home at Mpolonjeni on the outskirts of Mbabane, later murdered and his body dumped at Sigombeni. The incident happened in December 2018.

Break-In

Ndaba is said to have found his unexpected visitors inside his house, who had awaited him following a break-in through a back window. Another incident which occurred in October last year, was that of a woman who was murdered with her four-year-old son. The woman was identified as Sithembile Mtsetfwa, an employee of ESWADE. ESWADE is an acronym for Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise. Mtsetfwa and her son were brutally murdered, allegedly by a man believed to be her boyfriend, who is a South African national. Recently, a 63-year-old woman was reportedly attacked, killed and buried in a shallow grave and was identified as Thembi Mkhaliphi.

A contingent of police officers led by the Regional Crime Branch (RCB) Officer,  Sikhumbuzo Fakudze, and residents combed the homestead in search of the elderly woman. This was after she was reported missing by relatives. Upon arrival at the homestead, the police searched everywhere until they were drawn by a recently cultivated area under an avocado tree, where they started digging and confirmed their suspicions. After digging about one and a half metres, they stumbled on clothes belonging to the elderly woman and eventually her body which was bruised, while her ankles were chained. No one has been arrested in connection with the murder.

Chairman of the Inner Council (Bandlancane) at Mpolonjeni, Obed Dube, said the police post in the area did not have a car. Dube said the car, which was marked Mpolonjeni Police Post, was parked in Mbabane. This, he said, was a great concern to them, adding that they were forced to fetch the police officers with their private vehicles whenever there was an incident or crime happening in the area.  “Just last week, I had to fetch police officers following a suicide in the area. Police told me that the vehicle had no lights,” he claimed.

Post your comment

Your name:

Your e-mail address:

Add your comments:

Please enter the code you see in the image:

Image:

Code: