Men who are insecure in their relationships should urgently seek urgent counselling and professional help instead of resorting to violence which results in dire consequences for all parties involved. North West Premier Thandi Modise urged in expressing shock and condemning in the strongest terms the incident in which a 33-year-old man allegedly fatally shot his wife’s male colleague and his wife in a fit of jealousy.
“The escalating incidents of gender based violence we have experienced in the past few weeks in our province is a worrying trend and as alarming as preliminary results from a Gender Links GBV Indicators Study that highlighted that more than three quarters of South African men have perpetrated violence against women in their lifetime and more than half of women in South Africa have experienced gender-based violence.
These are unacceptable and call for united action to expose perpetrators,” emphasised Premier Modise. Modise called on real men to support prevention of violence against women and for women to break the silence on abuse.
“Women should no longer accept that their partners are simply jealous by allowing them to answer their cellphones or question them after every phone call they have received. Mistakening this for love has proved to be costly to many women in the long run,” added Premier Modise who wishes to convey her condolences to the family of the murdered man and speedy recovery to the injured wife.
The recent incident allegedly took place on Monday at Mahlatsi Marwana section, near Lefaragatlhe village in Rustenburg.
According to police the suspect allegedly phoned his wife to ask her to pick him up after work, but his wife’s phone was allegedly answered by her male colleague. This angered the man who confronted his wife about the incident on his arrival at home leading to a bitter argument and the couple driving to the colleague’s place to confront him about the incident.
It is reported that a bitter confrontation occurred between the two men before the couple left for their home where the argument continued until the suspect drew a fun and shot his wife a few times on the thigh before she fled for her life.
“The man allegedly went back to the wife’s colleague after he could not locate his wife and pumped him with bullets. He purportedly died on the scene after he was shot on his head and lower body,” said spokesperson for the North West Police, Captain Pelonomi Makau.
Makau says that the enraged man who handed himself to police was charged with murder and attempted murder and will appear before Bafokeng Magistrate Court later today (Wednesday)
In an earlier incident that occurred over the past weekend, 38 year-old man from Stilfontein allegedly killed his wife and set her house on fire. The couple’s 12 year-old daughter suffered minor injuries from the fire during the horrific incident which Premier Modise had also condemned as horrendous and appalling.
Police investigations into cases of murder, attempted murder and arson are also continuing while the man is behind bars.
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