POLICE
CRIMINALITY:
Mrs Helena Gouws of Ugie begged for SAPS only 400m away to save
her from killers: they ''had no car available' and couldn't bother to jog
400metres
A particularly harrowing case was the murder
of Mrs Helena Gouws, the much loved wife of Ugie school principal Chris Gouws.
She was BEGGING over the telephone for the police - the station is only 400
metres away from her house -- to come and help her while she was being brutally
attacked and murdered. Yet the cops claimed 'there was no car available' and
they also could NOT bother to jog the 400 metres to her house to save her
life." Other murders in the past week: Broadwood domestic worker Sonia
Mabedela was murdered. Rowellan Park resident David Laine was also murdered,
along with Noluvuyo Tyalati, a Motherwell mother of a one year old child.
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"The hurt and loss to families and
communities is immense. Our freedom is being destroyed on a daily basis.
"These are just a few names of people who
are murdered each day in the Eastern Cape. Last year 3,181 murders were
reported in the province, which is an average of almost nine a day.
"Eighteen years into our new democracy
communities have no real freedom from fear of the criminal element. While the
top brass of the SAPS are busy fighting amongst each other, the criminals are
frightening the hell out of our communities.
"High visibility police patrols as well
as rapid response units are critical to combat the climate of lawlessness and
fear that prevails in our communities. Citizens’ calls for help need to be
swiftly answered. If the police had responded to Mrs. Gouw’s desperate call for
help, she would have been alive today.
"The police had no vehicle available at
the Ugie police station that could respond to her call, nor did one of the
policemen on duty bother to jog the 400 metres from the station to her house.
"The public of this province demand that
the SAPS pull out all stops to ensure that there is a climate of real safety
and security in the Eastern Cape.
"Young and old can no longer be forced to
live in fear of the criminal element." URL:
http://jbaynews.com/2012/06/22/rural-communities-are-living-in-fear/
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