MISA boss waxes lyrical about DIS tour
Monday, March 09, 2015
His information about the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) Director had been based on scandalous reports in the media.
When the DIS boss gave Maphanyane a call expressing his desire to take him on a familiarisation tour of some of the facilities of the DIS making news in the local press for all the wrong reasons, Maphanyane says he agreed to the invitation that was followed by a letter, paving way for his MISA office to finalise the logistics for him. Maphanyane says before he embarked on the tour he left a message with the loved ones that they should know whose invitation he took in case he does not return by sunset.
From Jakoba's mysterious disappearance on November 9 to the grim discovery of his remains at Mosinki Lands, a gap in the response mechanisms of the police and village leadership has been laid bare. The community's anger is evident, seen in the attack on Bakang Masole, the man found driving Jakoba's taxi and the main suspect, and the subsequent riot. Residents express discontent, citing a troubling trend of missing persons cases often...