The Mosweu couple during happier times
By Pastor Lesiba Kgwele
Convenor of the MRM Provincial Committee
The Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM) in the Northwest on Wednesday condemned in the strongest terms possible the gruesome murder of the 39-year-old woman whose body was discovered over the weekend by a relative at her marital home in Lonely Park village outside Mahikeng.
The civil society led movement promoting the Charter of Positive Values called for justice declared that the heartrending gender-based violence and femicide incident that occurred on Friday 12 June 2026 has left the Christian community, teaching fraternity as well as the broader society across the Northwest Province and the country reeling with shock.
The deceased woman has since been identified as Masego Mosweu, née Moile, an assistant teacher at Maggie’s Millennium Private School in Golf View.
Convenor of the MRM Provincial Committee, Pastor Lesiba Kgwele said that it is beyond imagination that the deceased victim’s husband, Papi Moses Mosweu (47) who was subsequently arrested in connection with the heinous crime mercilessly bludgeoned the mother of his two children to death with a hammer and screwdriver as alleged.
“We are deeply saddened and disappointed that the victim died from such an atrocious and ghastly act of betrayal in the sanctuary of her home, supposedly at the hands of a man who had vowed to love and protect her who also happened to be a former policeman, a respected church leader who was assumed to be a role model as well as a mentor to those under his Apostolic ministry and pastoral care,” remarked Pastor Kgwele.
According to a police statement, the couple had allegedly been involved in a confrontation on the morning of the tragic incident.
Police spokesperson Sergeant Sipho Taliwe indicated that the husband who was later involved in a collision with a truck on Nelson Mandela Drive, near a shopping mall is currently hospitalised and under police guard.
Kgwele conveyed condolences to the Mosweu and Moile families as well those who are mourning the traumatic death of their loved one, their colleague, neighbour and friend.
He pointed out that denying the children the love of their mother is the worst cruelty they were not supposed to experience in their lives.
“Whatever strain that the couple might have been experiencing within their 18 years of marriage did not warrant such a violent reaction which does not mirror the bliss that characterized their relationship as well as partnership in ministry which had also achieved remarkable milestones through their SA Life Changing Network and Northwest Gospel Artists Association,” stressed Kgwele.
He urged men that are experiencing challenges in their relationships to seek urgent professional help instead of taking matters into their own hands.
We challenge the church to confront patriarchy, which is prevalent within religious as well as cultural institutions, to break its silence on abuse within families and to take the lead in the national effort to mobilise communities for united action against the scourge of GBVF, he underscored.
The mother of two reverred wiithin the Christian community is to be buried on Saturday in Dithakong village after a funeral service to commence as from 7:00 at her marital home.
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