THE deaths of Reverend Elias Maretlwa, 61, and his daughter Leki, 23, would have been discovered earlier had their neighbours enquired about their whereabouts
This is what North West MEC for human settlements, public safety and liaison Nono Maloyi said at the reburial service for the two held in Tlhabologang township in Coligny on Saturday.
Maloyi, who represented premier Thandi Modise at the funeral, called on the church to lead moral regeneration, to reclaim the spirit of ubuntu by re-establishing street committees to work with community policing forums.
Reverend Maretlwa's badly decomposed body and a skeleton, believed to be that of his daughter, were discovered by police buried in a shallow grave in the bedroom of their house two weeks ago.
Family members have accused the pastor's wife, Bertha Maretlwa, now in police custody, of being responsible for the pair's death.
According to the family, the woman told them that her husband and daughter were in Botswana to train as traditional healers.
The pair were supposed to return on June 16 and the family had planned a big welcome ceremony.
But on the day the wife confessed she had buried her husband and daughter inside the house because she could not afford funerals.
Maloyi reiterated the premier's call for families who are unable to bury their loved ones to approach their local municipalities for help.
Father and daughter given decent reburial
THE deaths of Reverend Elias Maretlwa, 61, and his daughter Leki, 23, would have been discovered earlier had their neighbours enquired about their whereabouts
This is what North West MEC for human settlements, public safety and liaison Nono Maloyi said at the reburial service for the two held in Tlhabologang township in Coligny on Saturday.
Maloyi, who represented premier Thandi Modise at the funeral, called on the church to lead moral regeneration, to reclaim the spirit of ubuntu by re-establishing street committees to work with community policing forums.
Reverend Maretlwa's badly decomposed body and a skeleton, believed to be that of his daughter, were discovered by police buried in a shallow grave in the bedroom of their house two weeks ago.
Family members have accused the pastor's wife, Bertha Maretlwa, now in police custody, of being responsible for the pair's death.
According to the family, the woman told them that her husband and daughter were in Botswana to train as traditional healers.
The pair were supposed to return on June 16 and the family had planned a big welcome ceremony.
But on the day the wife confessed she had buried her husband and daughter inside the house because she could not afford funerals.
Maloyi reiterated the premier's call for families who are unable to bury their loved ones to approach their local municipalities for help.
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