“The senior prosecutor informed the family that the case has been postponed. What happened is that the magistrate is on leave and he has written the wrong date on the charge sheet. The family was told to come on July 9, but now on the charge it is written the July 23,” she said.
She said the system was failing them and that there was a lack of accountability and that the state’s failure to communicate with the family about the postponement left them with a bitter taste in their mouths. “The family had to take leave, but nobody cares about that. We really need to look into the justice system in South Africa because cases like these are not taken seriously. Just communicating with the family should have taken place. Even the senior prosecutor was puzzled about the dates. We just want the system to take issues of gender based violence seriously,” she said.Tshidi Madisakoane, a community leader said they were present to send a message to perpetrators of gender based violence.
“We want to make sure that those who commit gender based violence are held to book. This incident saddened and angered us because women and children are being butchered and killed. This postponement impacts us because it seems as though the criminal justice system does not seem to be taking these matters seriously,” she said.
According to a police statement seen by Sowetan he told investigators that he was promised R70,000 for the murder of the mother-to-be.
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