WHILE the DA was busy conducting oversight inspections at the Bethelsdorp and Gelvandale police stations in the Northern Areas of Gqeberha, cops were called to a scene of a double murder.
The bodies of a married couple in their late 20s were found at a house in Salt Lake on Thursday, 28 September.
Police spokeswoman Colonel Priscilla Naidu confirmed that the cops from Bethelsdorp are investigating a double murder following the deaths of Jason Bruintjies (29) and Anneline Bruintjies (28).
"It is alleged that the married couple was involved in a physical altercation prior to their deaths. The Bruintjies couple lived at the back of the house in Barend Street, which belonged to the parents of the deceased male. Both deceased sustained multiple stab wounds," Naidu said.
DA shadow minister of police Andrew Whitfield, accompanied by Yusuf Cassim and former mayor Retief Odendaal, was busy with an oversight inspection when the couple was allegedly killed.
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Whitfield said: "It's clear from our inspection that these police stations are suffering from a shortage of personnel, a shortage of vehicles, and frustrations with national supply chain and procurement challenges that are faced by a number of police stations.”
Whitfield said the Northern Areas of Nelson Mandela Bay are home to some of the highest levels of gang violence in Mzansi.
"Yet, the police station that services the community is underresourced and understaffed and is not adequately supported by Minister of Police Bheki Cele and the police national management.
"The time has come for these police stations in the Northern Areas to receive adequate resources and to ensure that the manpower matches the needs of the community," he said.
Whitfield said the community was surrounded by gang violence and violent crime.
"Innocent people are dying in the crossfire, and the police are failing to protect our people," said Whitefield.
