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Original Post Date: 2008-10-31 Time: 10:00:18 Posted By: Jan
By Mogomotsi Magome
Emotional police officers have vowed to arrest the killers of student constable Vallery Zitha, 27, no matter how long it takes them.
They also expressed disappointment in the community for failing to help identify her killers when they had “run through hawkers and commuters at the Denneboom station” in Mamelodi.
Zitha, who was completing her field service training at the Silverton police station, was on her way to a prayer session aimed at uniting the station’s community against crime when she was gunned down on a train by armed thugs last Sunday.
According to police sources, the gunmen shot her despite her insisting that she carried no pistol and begging them to spare her life.
Zitha’s memorial service, held at the Silverton community library on Thursday, was a sad affair attended by police officers and senior officials from various police stations across the city.
Silverton senior superintendent Charles Matji said doctors had tried their best but could not save her life.
Matji stopped short of repeating a statement made by Safety and Security Deputy Minister Susan Shabangu earlier this year that police should “shoot to kill the bastards”.
“People complain when such statements are made, but when our members are killed in such horrific circumstances we do not hear people making noises.
“Is this how we are valued when we put our lives at risk to protect our communities?” he asked.
Matji said officers should protect themselves when they are faced with gun-wielding criminals, but said he was saddened that Zitha’s killers had shot her even though she was not armed.
“We will be strategising on how to earn the confidence of those people (hawkers, commuters) so they can help us track down the killers.
“There is no way nobody can identify the criminals because they live in our community,” said Matji.
Zitha’s uncle, Solomon Rapatsa, said he was shocked and scared by the way his niece was killed.
“I arrived in Gauteng in 1973 and I have never seen or heard of criminals killing an unarmed woman in the manner that they did. I am still shocked by the incident,” he said.
Brooklyn Police director Frank Mthombeni said it was unfortunate that whenever criminals committed such crimes, the first thing they did was to hire advocates and attorneys.
“This is how they usually get away, but the message to her murderers is clear: you can run but you cannot hide because we are after you,” said Mthombeni.
Matji said they were addressing the issue of transporting their trainees because of they faced danger while travelling from home to work or visa versa.
Zitha will be buried at 7am on Saturday in Tzaneen, Limpopo.