{"id":43485,"date":"2023-11-10T08:29:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T06:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/murder-suspect-in-court-for-the-murder-of-a-police-officer-in-mfuleni-cape-town-20231109\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T02:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T00:39:38","slug":"murder-suspect-in-court-for-the-murder-of-a-police-officer-in-mfuleni-cape-town-20231109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/murder-suspect-in-court-for-the-murder-of-a-police-officer-in-mfuleni-cape-town-20231109\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder suspect in court for the murder of a police officer in Mfuleni, Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A 59-year-old appeared in the Blue Downs Magistrates\u2019 Court on Thursday 9 November\u00a0 for the murder of an off-duty police officer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 38-year-old police constable, stationed at Harare Police Station in Khayelitsha, was reportedly stabbed to death in Mfuleni on Friday 3 November following an altercation with the suspect.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The suspect handed himself to the police the next day.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A 59-year-old appeared in the Blue Downs Magistrates\u2019 Court on Thursday 9 November&nbsp; for the murder of an off-duty police officer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 38-year-old police constable, stationed at Harare Police Station in Khayelitsha, was reportedly stabbed to death in Mfuleni on Friday 3 November following an altercation with the suspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawks spokesperson Lt-Col Siyabulela Vukubi confirmed that the suspect handed himself to the police the next day. \u201cIt is alleged that on Friday, the suspect and the victim had an altercation that resulted in the suspect stabbing the victim to death. The deceased was off duty when the incident occurred at about 13:20,\u201d said Vukubi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect made the first court appearance on Monday 6 November. The case was postponed to Thursday for bail application and the suspect was remanded in custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/city-vision\/three-people-gunned-down-in-mfuleni-shooting-20231004\">Three people gunned down in Mfuleni shooting<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The killing has been condemned by the Harare Policing Community Forum (CPF) and called for the perpetrator to be sent and rot in jail.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A livid Harare CPF chair Funeka Soldaat described the attack and killing of a police officer as an attack on the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said the pain that was caused&nbsp;by the suspect for killing the officer was unbearable.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe CPF and the officers are like one family. 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