South Africa: Rape Crisis pickets in support of ‘victimised’ top cop, Brigadier Sonja Harri By Karabo Mafolo
Rape Crisis demonstrated its support on Thursday for a top-ranking police officer in Cape Town who faces internal disciplinary action which the organisation claimed amounted to “victimisation”.has been charged with failure to attend a meeting, failure to provide documentation for assessments and failure to amend her performance contract.
Mandisa Mbotshelwa, an activist at Rape Crisis, says that they believe that the charges against Harri are “politically motivated”. She describes Harri as an “effective leader” who could always be counted on when other police members were unhelpful.
Harri’s former boss, Major-General Patrick Mbotho instituted charges against her in 2016 . Soon thereafter, Sonja Harri says she was victimised at work which resulted in her suffering a great deal ofHarri was told on 25 September 2018 by Provincial Commissioner Kombinkosi Jula that charges of misconduct, instituted in December 2016 by Mbotho, would be “re-enrolled”.
She has been booked off from work since 2017 and she recently asked the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, to intervene.high-profile gender violence cases including the murder and rape of Anene BooysenThe internal disciplinary proceedings were held behind closed doors. Proceedings ended early for reasons which were not immediately clear.
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