Royal Swaziland Police Newsletter, Oct - Dec 2011 Newsletter, Oct - Dec 2011 Royal Swaziland Police Two police officers described by High Court as among the best witnesses ever in the court Royal Swaziland Police Newsletter, Oct - Dec 2011 Newsletter, Oct - Dec 2011 Royal Swaziland Police Inside this Issue Editorial Comments Editorial Comments..................................02 Serial Killer sentenced to hang Serial killer sentenced to hang ................03 High court label two officer as best igh court – As if he leading to the underground Mrs Wendy Hleta Supt. witnesses.................................................04 was going for a trip cells at Court A, but just as Hlatikhulu tax-man helps police...............06 Habroad and would he was about to disappear t is yet another year of business coach and mentor in S/Supt. come back, serial killer into the cells, Simelane did in the Royal Swaziland Police Masuku, the Commissioner and all MP urges retiring police officers..............07 David Simelane bade what surprised those who Service. The year 2010 has sundry in the RSP that we shall I Theft of copper wires ...............................08 farewell to spectators at the were present in court - he come and gone with its good and strive for the best in this office High Court with a beaming waved 'goodbye' with a bad occurrences. In the year 2010 following Supt Masuku's posting. IPA build a house for destitute woman .....09 smile, as he was whisked bright smile. edition, we welcomed the presence We have been left as a strong and of our Deputy Public Relations intertwined team that he had built Neighbourhood watch scheme..................10 away. The sentencing of the case His last appearance in court was dilivered in exactly nine officer Mrs. W. Hleta Supt. and during his tenure. What we are School anti-crime clubs ...........................11 little did we know that this might saying is this is not by miracle but may have been the last day years and 24 days since mean a farewell to the long serving with the coaching and mentor-ing Police extend a long arm..........................12 some people will ever see S i m e l a n e ' s a r r e s t i n Simelane, as he was Nhlangano on April 25, Public Relations Officer in the we received from him you can rest Crime prevention as a priority tool ...........13 country, Senior Supt Vusi Masuku. assured that the office will be at sentenced to a death penalty by Judge Jacobus 2001. Before the sentencing, Simelane's attorney The announcement of the end of your services. Police activities thru the lens .............14-15 Annandale. Simelane (55) will be hanged. This Mduduzi 'Tsotsi' Mabila had submitted that there were year postings in 2010 saw Mr. V. J. Having said that, we wish to also Wedding bells in the service ....................16 marked the end of the protracted criminal case of the extenuating circumstances in the case in that Simelane Masuku Senior Supt. being posted t h a n k t h e o f f i c e o f t h e serial murder convict. He was found guilty on 28 had admitted in his confession that he killed the to the Police Training College in Commissioner for findings an Sorry there has never been a person ........17 counts of murder, for killing 25 women and three women out of revenge for having been wrongfully M a t s a p h a . To o u r o w n additional officer too seal the children. In court Simelane was dressed in brown convicted of rape. observation, this was an vacuum left by Supt. Masuku's Understanding the word PIN.....................18 casual shoes, purple tracksuit pants and a white striped He claimed he never committed the rape. Mabila achievement, not for Masuku departure. It is our dream that this Happy to be home from being a police .....20 alone but for the Police training office develops to a fully fledged short sleeved shirt. He looked his usual calm self for further asked the court not to consider Simelane's Collage and the entire police reporting house within the Royal Police netball team ..................................22 the duration of the sentence as he sat in the accused previous convictions when handing down the dock, frequently drinking water from a juice bottle. sentence. Mabila invited murmurs from the public organization, noting the vast Swaziland Police service. We Meet who Am I .........................................23 knowledge that Supt. Masuku has appreciated that this calls for Judge Jacobus Annan-dale ordered Simelane to stand seated in the gallery. when said the other cases were in policing and the experience he financial ability to enable purchase Retired officers........................................24 up as he addressed him on the sentence. Throughout irrelevant to the murder case because they involved has accumulated over the ten years of equipment and viewing time Deceased .................................................25 the period when Judge Annandale was handing down robbery and rape. he has spent in the Public Relations (Space) in the electronic media to the sentence, Simelane stood with both hands on the The Director of Public Prosecutions Mumcy Dlamini Office. slot in police programmes that will Royal leopards are Swazibank champs.....26 counter. said there were no extenuating circumstances that include profile for missing and Game & presentation ...............................27 He faced downwards when the judge said there were could prevent Simelane from being sentenced to death. The executive of the Royal wanted persons, traffic and crime no extenuating circumstances in the matter. She also wondered why Simelane killed the children if S w a z i l a n d p o l i c e d i d prevention programmes, to name commendable job psychotherapy but a few. It furthers our wish to Meanwhile, as the judge read the sentence the he said he murdered the women out of revenge especially with identifying a man provide live and recorded courtroom was so quiet that one would have heard a following the rape case. Judge Annandale seemed of Supt. Masuku’s caliber to the coverage and have 'police Editorial Staff: pin drop and the tension could be cut with a knife. But taken aback when Mabila said he would not take o ff i c e o f P o l i c e C o l l e g e reporters' to report on every event soon after hearing the sentence members of the public Simelane to the witness box to lead evidence in Commandant. Supt Masuku is a that involves the police to improve Mr. Stephen Dlamini consisting of mostly women, who filled the public mitigation. Mabila briefly consulted with Simelane long serving officer who has vast accuracy in police reporting on gallery, applauded and ululated. and submitted that the court should consider that he experience in policing and has incidents and press releases to all A/Supt. The judge had to call them to order as they clapped was a first offender in respect of murder. He asked once been a trainer at the Police media houses. hands and shouted when he said Simelane would be Judge Annandale to take into account that Simelane College in his yesteryears. It is This dream could be a reality with given a death penalty and would be hanged. Simelane had committed the offences out of vengeance. needless to say that he has been the support of the organization in 6066 Const. stood transfixed in the accused dock as Judge "Sentencing is discretionary, but the court has to take correctly posted indeed since his sourcing the necessary resources Annandale left the courtroom and his face was into account the surrounding factors enshrined in the new office requires an incumbent starting from equipment to human Nhalnhla Simelane who boosts with vast experience in resource as well as individual expressionless.Officers from the Correctional Constitution. In conclusion, it is in the hands of the communication and handling of support from officers by writing in Services officers whisked him away to the steps court to decide the appropriate sentence," said Mabila. organizational publics. articles to this publication to allow It is therefore our pledge, to our a frequent publication. 2 3 Royal Swaziland Police Newsletter, Oct - Dec 2011 Newsletter, Oct - Dec 2011 Royal Swaziland Police Inside this Issue Editorial Comments Editorial Comments..................................02 Serial Killer sentenced to hang Serial killer sentenced to hang ................03 High court label two officer as best igh court – As if he leading to the underground Mrs Wendy Hleta Supt. witnesses.................................................04 was going for a trip cells at Court A, but just as Hlatikhulu tax-man helps police...............06 Habroad and would he was about to disappear t is yet another year of business coach and mentor in S/Supt. come back, serial killer into the cells, Simelane did in the Royal Swaziland Police Masuku, the Commissioner and all MP urges retiring police officers..............07 David Simelane bade what surprised those who Service. The year 2010 has sundry in the RSP that we shall I Theft of copper wires ...............................08 farewell to spectators at the were present in court - he come and gone with its good and strive for the best in this office High Court with a beaming waved 'goodbye' with a bad occurrences. In the year 2010 following Supt Masuku's posting. IPA build a house for destitute woman .....09 smile, as he was whisked bright smile. edition, we welcomed the presence We have been left as a strong and of our Deputy Public Relations intertwined team that he had built Neighbourhood watch scheme..................10 away. The sentencing of the case His last appearance in court was dilivered in exactly nine officer Mrs.