Yeoville police spokesperson Constable Thabo Malatji said, “The police received a complaint from Time Square Top Lodge at the corner of Fortesque Road and Raleigh Street. The police drove to the place of the incident and on arrival the police found a half-naked body of a woman lying on the floor in one of the rooms.”
He said it was suspected that the woman had been strangled.
Malatji said, “We appeal to anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of the suspect to contact the police.”
In a separate incident, two men were arrested for being in possession of drugs at the corner of Grafton Road and Webb Street.
Malatji said the police were on a routine stop and search patrol when they stopped two men and searched them.
He said, “Police found drugs [rock] in their possession and they were arrested and detained at Yeoville police station. The suspects were expected to appear in the Hillbrow Magistrates’ Court soon.”
