Delft police under scrutiny after alleged shooting of 14-year-old boy with disabilities

In a tragic incident that has left the community reeling, a 14-year-old boy with a learning disability, was allegedly shot in the head and killed by a police officer in Suburban, Delft South, last week. Mpendulo Mpendulo, a learner at the Mitchells Plain School of Skills, was reportedly walking home with his sister on the night of Wednesday, March 25, around 10pm when the fatal encounter occurred. According to his aunt, Debra Madikizela, Mpendulo and his 13-year-old sister took their friend home when they were confronted by the police.

The aunt explained: “They accompanied their friend back home, who lives just around the corner, about 100 metres [away]. On their way back home, they saw a police van passing very fast on the main road. “When they approached the street to turn off, the vehicle reversed and [cops] pulled out guns on them.

“The children got scared and ran in different directions. The police followed them. “They got Mpendulo’s sister and asked her, ‘who she is, what she’s doing, who was with her, and why they were running’ while pointing a gun at her.