10/05/2023
The petition opposing bail for murder accused Lonwabo Mtyibilizi is available at the police station for you to come add your name. It will be available until 5pm today.
Stanford will not be a safe haven for women killers, rapists and abusers! And we need to let the courts know that!
(CPF)
JUSTICE FOR YONELA SODAM
PETITION AGAINST BAIL FOR MURDER ACCUSED LONWABO MTYIBILIZI
During the early hours of Monday May 1st 2023 Yonela Sodam a mother, daughter and sister was bludgeoned to death at her home in Stanford, allegedly by Lonwabo Mtyibilizi a man she trusted and loved. In June 2020 President Cyril Ramaphosa called for the denial of bail of men arrested for ra**ng, abusing or killing women. The President was speaking at the Gender Based Violence dialogue of the ANC and it’s alliance partners. In a country where thousands of women face the daily and constant risk of having their bodies violated and for just being women, we implore the courts to heed the President’s call and to consider the community’s plea and deny Mtyibilizi bail. A young child has been robbed of her mother and a family is without their daughter because of a violent man. The court’s must send a strong and succinct message to all other abusers and rapists, that their bloody and heinous violation of one of society’s most vulnerable, will not be tolerated and will be meted out with the justice it warrants and deserves. The courts must by the very nature of the institution also send a clear & compassionate message to the women of this community and country…. Their lives matter.