Families of slain Durban women want more mental assessments for cops
The families of two women who were murdered, allegedly by their police constable boyfriend are calling for more rigorous and
continuous mental health assessments for cops.
Blessing Sikhakhane is accused of shooting 24-year-old Sthembile Ngobese and 18-year-old Enhle Majola multiple times at his home in Botha's Hill, west of Durban.
The Pinetown Magistrate's Court has postponed his case to next week for a bail application.
Sibusisiwe Dlamini says Ngobese, who was her best friend, had been in a relationship with Sikhakhane from 2014 when they were in high school.
She says she was a kind and loving person.
"The family is devastated. We knew him, the guy was supposedly our friend in high school. Seeing him like that and talking in the court like nothing happened.
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"He's just so chilled, in his own world and to me, it felt like he didn't have any remorse, it's like he killed, fled and it was okay."
Majola's father Oscar Msomi says his daughter had been seeing Sikhakhane for a few months but when they last they spoke, she told him they were no longer together.
"They (police) had to make sure they employ people with brains there because if there are no processes in place to make sure that even if the person is employed do an assessment to see if they're still mentally capable.
"They walk around with a gun and then this happens."
