A man accused of fatally stabbing a woman at a sangoma ceremony in Kew was arrested following a tip-off from the community.
The incident allegedly took place on 6 August at about 8pm when an officer was alerted to a murder incident in Alexandra.
According to Warrant Officer Moses Maphakela, spokesperson for Bramley Police Station, upon arrival, the officer was informed that the deceased had been stabbed multiple times in her chest. “A witness then told the police that the murder had allegedly taken place during a sangoma ceremony when the deceased and accused, known to [the witness], had gotten into an argument,” he said.
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The accused then allegedly stabbed the deceased, resulting in her death from the stab wounds, and ran away from the scene. Maphakela confirmed that the Bramley intervention unit followed up on the case and apprehended the accused a day later after residents had spotted him in Tembisa and alerted the police.
“The accused was then taken to the Bramley Police Station where he was charged with murder. He has since appeared in the Alexandra Magistrates’ Court on 10 August,” he said.
The case was postponed to 18 August when bail was denied and the matter postponed to 25 August. The case continues.
