By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
Orlando Pirates players celebrate a goal. (Photo by Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images).
One of Orlando Pirates’ biggest stars is wanted on the charges of domestic violence in Randfotein.
The source told Fullview that the player has been playing hide and seek,with other police officers trying to hide him. But He is expected to be handing himself over tonight or tomorrow morning so that he can be charged and appear in Randfontein court.
Other police officers also wanted to take over the docket and overtake the investigating officer, according to the source.
The were efforts to get him arrested in training but they didn’t materialise and apparently the player was demanding the car that he gave to the girlfriend and domestic violence ensued.
Efforts to get hold of Orlando Pirates Football Club proved futile.
Meanwhile South Africa is facing a crisis when it comes to Gender Based Violence.
On Sunday evening,(12 September 2021) President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed concern at recent gender-based violence (GBV) incidents reported in the media.
“We have just finished Women’s Month, where we planned to celebrate the success of women in many fields. Instead, our country bore witness to several brutal attacks by men against women. This month alone there have been a number of terrible crimes committed against women and girls,” he said.
The President referred to the case of Fort Hare law student Nosicelo Mtebeni, who was murdered and dismembered in East London in the Eastern Cape. There was also an incident of a Grade 1 pupil from Khensani Primary School in Soshanguve, who was raped in the school’s toilets. The President also spoke of Palesa Maruping, who was found hanging from the ceiling of a house in Khuma Location in the North West as well as Pheliswa Sawutana, who was strangled to death in Kosovo informal settlement in Cape Town.
“These are just the cases that were covered in the media; there were others that were not. These gruesome acts of violence cannot go unpunished. They must strengthen our resolve to end gender-based violence in all its forms. We must strengthen our efforts across all fronts,” said the President.