Family spokesperson David King says, “They would not have closure anytime soon because what they are even more concerned about is, yes, the perpetrators have been arrested, but what is more concerning to the families is that we have realized as families that the prisons are where most of the killings in South Africa are planned. In the prisons, so it is clear that we won’t get closure because we know that in the very same prisons, that is where killings are planned and the people that we think are suffering in prison, it is clear that they are not suffering, they can still do what they want to do outside of prison.”

The victims remain focused on their healing and closure. “The prayer, a call for divine intervention, is healing to the families of the 18 people who were killed at Ngobozana. If we keep them in prayer. The power of God heals the,m and they definitely become part of the community, says Amapondo Aseqaukeni King Daluxolo Sigcau.

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