Provincial Police Commissioner, Lt Genl Thembi Hadebe and Community Safety MEC, Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya officially launched the fourth quarter 2020/21 crime stats, that saw a general decline in the number of overall cases.
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Criminal proceedings into the alleged sexual assault of a 5-year-old minor from Reitz around 2019, have commenced following pressure on authorities from the lobby group, Afriforum.
The lobby groupâs campaign manager, Jacques Broodryk, tells OFM News that an exasperated relative of the then five-year-old victim approached them in October 2019 seeking their assistance after the Director of Public Prosecutions in the Free State (DPP) decided not to prosecute the alleged perpetrator.
Afriforumâs private prosecution unit probed the matter, finding that pertinent statements of several witnesses were not taken by the police when the case was initially opened. The case was thereafter reopened by the police, and it was subsequently discovered that the suspect was linked to other sexual offences in the area.
Newly appointed Provincial Police Commissioner, Lt Col Thembi Monica Hadebe believes it is her commitment and dedication that got her into the police force 35 years ago.
Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda’s office said he held a high-level meeting on Wednesday morning with Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Head of Metro Police, Commissioner Steve Middleton.