Tombstone stolen at Tshikota graveyard

Unknown thieves removed a huge tombstone from the Tshikota graveyard last week. The thugs also stole the gate of the graveyard and the window frames of the guard room.

Visitors to the graveyard found on Saturday morning that part of the expensive tombstone and several other smaller headstones had been stolen and that other stones had been broken.

Ms Mapule Moswane said they were not aware that the expensive tombstone would attract thugs."We spent a lot of money to erect the tombstone because we want our beloved family member to rest in peace. We want the police to bring the culprits to book, because many villagers use their last money to erect these tombstones," she added.

A member of the community policing forum (CPF), Ms Thembani Ndlovu, said the community was shocked by the theft of the tombstones. She said community members would patrol the streets during the night in an anti-crime campaign until crime was reduced to zero percent in the Tshikota area. She said that people who were doing “these barbaric deeds came from the community,” and appealed to villagers to report any crime or wrongdoing to the police.

According to her, thugs have lately been targeting the most expensive tombstones in the graveyard. Makhado police spokesperson W/O Takalani Madzhigili said that the police had not received any report from the community about the stolen tombstones.

Date:18 July 2014

By: Kaizer Nengovhela

Kaizer Nengovhela started writing stories for Limpopo Mirror in 2000. Prior to that he had a five year stint at Phala-Phala FM as sports presenter. In 2005 Kaizer received an award from the province's premier as Best Sports Presenter. The same year he was also nominated as Best Sports Reporter by the Makhado Municipality. Kaizer was awarded the Mathatha Tsedu award in 2014.

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