Tryishile Sitali had warned the police they were under threat ahead of time and argued in court they had failed in their legal duty to protect them.
JOHANNESBURG - Police Minister Bheki Cele is going to have to pay up, after the High Court this week found him vicariously liable for his officers’ failure to protect Eastern Cape man Tryishile Sitali and his family. An angry mob set their home on fire, killing Sitali's wife.
“On eye contact, Mazaza drew out a firearm and uttered the words: ‘You dog, the shops have been closed because of you.’ Without any engagement on the subject matter that [Sitali] understood to be a reference to the local shops, [he] heard two gunshots. The firearm held by Mazaza was pointed at [Sitali] at the time.
And that night, while he was detained at the local police station, the crowd made good on their threat and came back and torched the home. His wife burnt to death.
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