Pretoria - Northern Cape MEC for Transport, Safety and Liaison, Pauline Williams, has condemned the killing of a six-year-old boy who died while trying to protect his mother from a man attacking her.
According to the provincial Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison, the mother was walking her two children to school when a man tried to attack her.
"It is sad when a parent loses a child but it is even worse when a parent has to witness a brutal killing of her child in the view of another sibling in an attempt of trying to protect her. We have had enough of these killings and criminal behaviour in our communities,” MEC Williams said in a statement on Tuesday.
Kutlwano Garesape was killed with a broken bottle.
"This young boy, who had the world and his future ahead of him, was forced in an extra ordinary way to show his mother love by paying the ultimate price.
“He showed true courage and bravery. This young soul in his mother’s care and love for education should have not found himself in a compromising and fatal position,” she said.
The MEC said she is disgusted by the brutal act, but is pleased that the man has been arrested by police.
“This act was gruesome and unacceptable and crime needs all of us to stop it. We can’t live in communities where we are afraid to walk, to work or to learn because of unscrupulous criminals who don't deserve a place in our communities.
“Let us join hands to protect our children, women and stop these murders by working closely with the police and report crime especially during women month and beyond,” MEC Williams. – SAnews.gov.za
