@helenzille please take a camera crew up in a helicopter to see a birds eye 👀view of the massive deterioration of our once beautiful Joburg & share it! Eye opening the gravity of broken infrastructure 💔💔
@HelenZille4Jozi This beautiful Urban Forest is under massive threat by the PSHB. Joburg is set to lose 100’+thousands of London Plains due to previous admin inaction. Pls share how you will help save Joburg from the PSHB 🙏🏻
It has been 1,000 days since Charlene Pretorius was killed, and the pain of her loss still lives with those who loved her.
Charlene was a 42 year old mother of three from Pretoria North. After years of domestic abuse during her 16 year marriage, she obtained protection orders and filed for divorce in February 2023. Despite repeated threats, violence and violations of those orders, she continued trying to protect herself and her children.
On 27 May 2023, her husband allegedly doused her with petrol and set her alight in front of their teenage daughter. He watched her burn and then fled the scene. Family rushed her to hospital, but she later died from her injuries. The attack left her children without their mother and traumatised by what they witnessed.
Her accused killer was apprehended, but the long promised trial has been repeatedly delayed because critical forensic evidence, including toxicology reports, remains outstanding. Action Society has written to the National Prosecuting Authority pushing for progress and demanding that the prosecution proceed without further postponements.
One thousand days is not just time passed. It is 1,000 days of birthdays, school milestones and ordinary moments Charlene should have shared with her children. It is 1,000 days of unanswered questions for her family and loved ones.
We remember Charlene today not only to honour who she was, but to insist that her life mattered and that justice must not remain stuck in delay.
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@helenzille idea:
Leverage the wealth of experience & institutional knowledge of retired professionals by appointing them to serve on the Gov’s newly established Crisis Committee.This strategic move would enable the effective utilization of their expertise & help fix our country