Municipality, provincial government and police failed Glebelands
An independent researcher agrees with the public protector’s report of the violence at KZN’s Glebelands Hostel, but wants forensic investigation
Independent researcher and violence monitor Mary de Haas says that while she hasn’t seen the full report‚ she believes the public protector’s findings that police‚ the eThekwini municipality and the Kwazulu-Natal Department of Social Development had failed the Glebelands community is fair. De Haas made the comments on Monday after Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane released her findings on the Glebelands Hostel killings — violence at the hostel has claimed the lives of more than 60 people in the past two years — and the role played by police‚ the eThekwini municipality‚ the provincial department and the eThekwini metro police. De Haas said that while the findings were fair‚ a forensic investigation into the conditions of the community is necessary as they lie at the heart of the carnage at Glebelands. Mkhwebane stated that the complainant‚ referred to only as McQuoid-Mason‚ re-stated an earlier request that the public protector conduct a forensic investigation into tenders awarded ...
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