North West Premier Thandi Modise has reacted with shock and dismay to the allegation of racial attack against three school children in Maquassie Hills.
This after the Congress of South African Trade Unions in the North West raised an alarm about the incident which allegedly took place the 7th of October.
“We call on police management in the province to urgently investigate the serious allegations that have the potential to undermine progress we have made as a country towards social cohesion, reconciliation and nation-building and if found to be true, the alleged perpetrator should be disarmed and arrested and those who might have neglected to do their duty should be immediately stripped of their dignified blue uniform,” said Premier Modise.
According to reports, the three school girls were walking from the library when a white man drove close to them at 18h00 and fired two gunshots. The man allegedly assaulted one of the girls, Tsholofelo Kadi before taking her to a local river where she was thrown in.
It is alleged that the girl was hospitalized at a local public hospital, but her parents were forced to take her to a private doctor who referred her to Wilmedpark hospital in Klerksdorp.
According to Cosatu, the matter was reported to police but the man has not been arrested. “We will not tolerate racism in our province or anywhere in South Africa for that matter. Not after what we went through for many years because of it.
There should be no place in the South African Police Service for sympathisers of trigger happy racists. This is not the Wild West!!!There is no place in our democracy for police who do not value the culture of defending human rights” cautioned Premier Modise.
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