Gugulethu woman died in hospital after being set alight during a domestic dispute with her partner.
Cape Town - A 40-year-old woman died in hospital on Monday after she was allegedly set alight by her partner during a domestic dispute.
According to neighbours, the two started arguing in the middle of the night and her partner “doused her with fire”. The suspect fled the scene and is yet to be arrested. “Jacque”, as she was fondly known, worked at the Department of Community Safety. She was first appointed in the Department of Community Safety in 2005 and since then had performed a number of roles. She worked in the section in the department which dealt with complaints against the SAPS, fulfilling the functions of secretary for both the Domestic Violence Compliance Forum and the Ipid Consultative Forum.
“Our staff and I have really been shaken by this terrible news,” said MEC for community safety Albert Fritz. “What makes her passing especially tragic is that her work entailed inspecting SAPS stations for their compliance to assist victims of domestic and gender-based violence. It is incredibly upsetting. But we have to go on. We cannot surrender in the face of this scourge. We have to keep fighting, for Jacque, and for every other victim like her.
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