Police Minister Bheki Cele has just arrived in Mthatha where he is on a fact finding visit emanating from service delivery challenges of the two Mthatha police stations.
Cele is accompanied by National SAPS commissioner General Fanie Masemola and provincial police management.
The visit also comes at a time when Eastern Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nomthetheleli Mene, ordered a manhunt for the murderer of Namhla Mtwa who was shot and killed inside her car by an unknown suspect while she was arriving at her Sidwadwa based home in Mthatha.
The 35-year-old Mtwa died after being shot nine times in her driveway outside her house last month.
Mthatha on lockdown, we here to say no to GBV #NzoFM #JusticeForNamhla #JusticeForHlehle pic.twitter.com/lEX8g2JQ4H
— ???Phumelele Potwana? (@lady_oceanSA) May 25, 2022
The brutal killing of Mtwa has again shone the spotlight on gender based violence and femicide GBVF.
Cele is currently locked in a meeting with police management at the PRD building.
He will then pay a visit to the Mtwa family to convey his condolences.
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Scores of people, including various political parties, held protests in Mthatha yesterday calling for the arrest of Mtwa’s killer.
[ON AIR] Political parties and NGOs are demonstrating in Mthatha this morning, demanding the arrest of Namhla Mtwa’s killer. Mtwa was shot nine times while in her vehicle in April. It’s been claimed that her boyfriend, a businessman and ANC member, was involved. #DStv403 pic.twitter.com/vqmaB4jzWe
— eNCA (@eNCA) May 25, 2022
