The Evander Magistrate’s Court postponed the case of the accused in Fikile Khumalo’s murder case to May 8.
The suspect appeared before the court on April 18.
Khumalo was killed in eMbalenhle on February 26. Her body was found in a pool of blood in a shack in Azania informal settlement.
Her boyfriend was arrested and charged with murder.
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The neighbours who found the body and called the police said the curtains in the room where she was found were bloodied.
The community suspects Khumalo was killed with a hammer.
The court gallery was full last week with community members who do not want the suspect released.
The suspect’s name is being withheld to protect the victim’s identity in a pending rape case related to Khumalo’s murder.
