Murder accused confesses

Carletonville - The man accused of murdering an elderly resident of Senatus in Carletonville has signed a confession before a magistrate. The body of the late Mrs Destiny Geyser Newberry was discovered on the gravel road on the corner of Geldenhuys and Rautenbach streets on 22 May.

June 4, 2018

Carletonville digital team Less than a minute

Thanks to the excellent work of members of the SVC (serious and violent crimes) unit and of the police in Carletonville’s tracing team, sergeants Jacques Nagel and Wynand Kruger and constables Michael Ramasimong, Stephen Kharejane and Samuel Mosieleng, her car and some of her possessions were recovered at the house of a former employee in Khutsong Ext. 5 the next day.

The man was promptly arrested.
The suspect, Gibson Lion Zwalakhe, appeared in the Oberholzer Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 25 May.He will be in court again on 11 June for a possible bail application.

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June 4, 2018

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Liezl Scheepers

Liezl Scheepers is editor of the Parys Gazette, a local community newspaper distributed in the towns of Parys, Vredefort and Viljoenskroon. As an experienced community journalist in all fields for the past 30 years, she has a passion for her community, and has been actively involved in several community outreach projects as part of Parys Gazette's team.