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Eight warders at Durban Westville’s Medium A Prison beat an inmate to death following a knifing in the mess hall. File photo: Steve Lawrence<\/p>\n
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Durban – The brother of slain awaiting-trial prisoner Bongani Makhubu wants the warders at Westville Prison who allegedly beat him to death to be arrested. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is their job to guard the prisoners, not kill them,\u201d said Malusi Makhubu when The Mercury visited him at his home in Chesterville on Sunday. <\/p>\n
It is alleged that eight warders assaulted and killed Bongani, 27, last month after he stabbed two fellow prisoners in the mess hall at breakfast. <\/p>\n
News of his death was revealed to Parliament\u2019s correctional services oversight committee by Adam Carelse of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services last week. <\/p>\n
The warders were reportedly suspended, but, as of Sunday, no arrests had been made. <\/p>\n
Police spokesman Thulani Zwane said the case was \u201cstill under investigation\u201d. <\/p>\n
Bongani, who did odd jobs, was arrested in October for burglary. <\/p>\n
He appeared in court and was remanded. He died before standing trial. <\/p>\n
\u201cHow did this happen?\u201d asked his brother. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf he did something wrong they should have locked him up by himself or not allowed him visitors for a few months. They cannot just kill people.\u201d <\/p>\n
The brothers had different mothers but were very close as children. <\/p>\n
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We used to live here with our grandfather, but he died many years ago and then it was just the two of us.\u201d <\/p>\n
Makhubu said Bongani was \u201ca party guy\u201d and had a daughter of three. \u201cShe misses her dad,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Makhubu had not been able to visit his brother in prison. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was working,\u201d he said, \u201cBut I planned to visit.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cA friend told me what had happened while I was at work, but I did not believe it at first,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo I asked another friend and he told me that, yes, my brother had died in prison.\u201d <\/p>\n
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I cannot explain how I feel – it is so hard. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I come home from work and I look in his room, he is not there.\u201d <\/p>\n
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Bongani was buried in the Chesterville Cemetery. <\/p>\n
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