Ironically, Jacqueline Mpontsana worked for the Western Cape Department of Community Safety and her job entailed inspecting SAPS stations for their compliance to assist victims of domestic and gender-based violence.
Cape Town – The boyfriend of a Gugulethu woman, Jacqueline Mpontsana, is being sought after she was allegedly doused with petrol, set alight and died.
It was allegedly not the first time Mpontsana, who had rekindled the relationship two days before, had been assaulted and a nephew and an aunt had tried to intervene this time, News24 reported. ’’She was initially rushed to hospital, and family, friends and colleagues had hoped that she would recover from severe injuries. Unfortunately, she succumbed to her injuries on Monday afternoon.
’’Jacque was first appointed in the Department of Community Safety in 2005 and had since then performed a number of different roles. Her most recent manager, Werner Bezuidenhout, said: “It is for the directorate and me an absolute tragedy that Jacque was allegedly killed by her partner in an act of extreme domestic violence. She was an invaluable member of our team and she will be sorely missed.”
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