Jail this killer

03 August 2010 - 10:00
By Sowetan Editorial

THE name Joe Mamasela conjures up images of unsurpassed gore. Even in their infinite wickedness, the world's worst killers cannot hold a candle to him.

Prime Evil, the monicker given to Eugene de Kock, his superior at Vlakplaas, is one that should rightly have been given to this man, a former askari dripping with the blood of his own people.

He's in the news again - for pumping four bullets into the body of his landlord, Joseph Lali Nhlapo. The latter was reportedly on his way to evict Mamasela after a duly-served three months notice had expired. Big mistake!

In his ubuntu, Nhlapo saw fit to house his fellow man.

Mamasela killed in cold blood with the composure of a person sipping afternoon tea. For Nhlapo, Griffiths Mxenge and his other cemetery-load of victims, bring him swiftly to book.