News24 reports that according to the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA), the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) should be held responsible for the death of an employee who was fatally stoned during a protest in Soweto on Monday.
Prasa guards and protesting community members clashed during a protest over free housing in Nancefield. According to Metrorail, Joseph Koena, an MKMVA member, was standing on the platform when he was grabbed by a group of protesters together with a female colleague who was later released. Both were employed by Prasa. MKMVA president Kebby Maphatsoe said on Wednesday that chairperson of the Prasa board, Popo Molefe, allegedly claimed in 2015 that some security employees who were MKMVA members wanted to kill him. Maphatsoe claimed that the allegation led to security personnel being disarmed and not allowed to use the security equipment that was available for their own security and the safety of commuters. "This situation directly impacted on the events that also led to the death of comrade Koena who had to face an angry mob without any of the security equipment that he could have used to protect himself," Maphatsoe said.
- Read this report by Iavan Pijoos in full at News24
- See too, MKMVA says Prasa's Molefe should be held liable for security guard's murder, at EWN
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