“What makes people continue to abuse and kill is knowing that one can be arrested today and be out within three days, living with the victims.
“We don't want him to be given bail, especially because he [allegedly] followed her to a police station. This means there is no safe place where people can run to,” he said.
Lusanda Dubo said she was saddened by the spate of GBV incidents.
“I don’t know whether our sin is being women or not. We are not safe anywhere,” she said.
“I thought a police station was the safest place, but this has proved otherwise. As a young woman I fear men in this country,” she said.
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Alleged Mthatha police station wife killer makes brief court appearance
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An Eastern Cape man accused of murdering his wife inside a police station made his first court appearance on Wednesday and will officially apply for bail in the Mthatha magistrate’s court on Friday next week.
In a brief appearance before magistrate Mthuthuzeli Mnge on Wednesday, the case was postponed for the profile and formal bail application of Yandisa Daniso on September 18.
The state has indicated that it will oppose bail.
The 42-year-old security guard is facing charges of premeditated murder, attempted murder and discharging a firearm in public.
Daniso allegedly opened fire inside the Madeira police station in Mthatha on Monday and shot dead his 28-year-old wife, Nasiphi.
She had gone to the police station to open a case of gender-based violence against her husband.
This murder comes just a month after Wits University student Asithandile Kwasa Zozo was stabbed to death allegedly by her ex-boyfriend in Dutywa.
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Outside the Mthatha court, a group of young women and men wearing black clothes sang and demonstrated calling for the accused not to be granted bail.
Sihle Mdongwana, chair of the Justice Action Takers, said they were against all kinds of gender-based violence.
“We are here to demand justice for Nasiphi,” he said. “We want to see an end to GBV. If the law is tightened and justice is done, GBV can be defeated.
“What makes people continue to abuse and kill is knowing that one can be arrested today and be out within three days, living with the victims.
“We don't want him to be given bail, especially because he [allegedly] followed her to a police station. This means there is no safe place where people can run to,” he said.
Lusanda Dubo said she was saddened by the spate of GBV incidents.
“I don’t know whether our sin is being women or not. We are not safe anywhere,” she said.
“I thought a police station was the safest place, but this has proved otherwise. As a young woman I fear men in this country,” she said.
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