The Rob Ferreira Hospital’s nurse implicated in the murder of her husband, the late principal of Mahlatsi Secondary School and her two accused briefly appeared for the murder trial at the Gauteng Division of the High Court seated in Hazyview today. The matter was postponed to tomorrow at the Graskop Magistrate’s Court.
Ms Ethel Simangele Mdluli is accused of planning the murder of her 57-year-old husband, Mr Mvelase Solomon Mdluli.
This morning the Mdluli family coming from Nkomazi and other parts of the province and as far as the Eastern Cape told Mpumalanga News that they still need closure of what happened, hence they traveled to Hazyview.
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“It’s a pity that the court proceedings couldn’t continue and due to the hefty petrol price, some of us had to sleep around Mariti so we can be able to attend at Graskop tomorrow. We wish government would pull up its socks to finish the buildings of the High Court in Mbombela, so that the high court can be closer to us,” adds Mr Caiphus Mdluli, a brother to the deceased.
The widow, with her two co- accused, Mr Peter Khoza, an employee of the South African Correctional Services and a 32-year-old Mr Xolani Ngwenya face charges of conspiracy to murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances and murder.
The late Mdluli was assaulted, suffocated and strangulated with a rope at his house in White River on January 23, 2017 while he was watching the Africa Cup of Nations. His wife and two suspects were subsequently arrested following police investigations.
