Child witnesses mom’s brutal murder
The roommate fled to get help and the suspect fled.
A 29-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stabbing to death the mother of his son, Ntombikayise Mzize, in front of their child and the deceased’s sister recently, in Esigedleni, Gamalakhe.
According to Port Shepstone police spokesperson, Captain Petros Mpinge, a case of murder has been opened for investigation at Gamalakhe SAPS after a 25-year-old woman was stabbed to death with a large sharp object.
“It is alleged that on that morning at about 3am, the deceased was asleep when a man known to her demanded entry and forced the door open, stabbing her in the upper body several times,” said Mpinge, adding that the roommate fled to get help and the suspect fled.
Speaking to the Fever, Mzize’s sister Phelokazi Nkawana, said the suspect and her sister first fought before the stabbing.
“My sister and I slept in the same room as her son. The father of her child came while we were sleeping and he started banging on the door, screaming my sister’s name until he opened it. They had a small intense verbal fight and he stabbed her, all I could see was blood. So I rushed out to go tell our parents about this and he also ran away,” said Nkawana, adding that they had been looking for him since Saturday and they were not aware that he had been found.
According to sources, the suspect was caught in KwaMadlala. Captain Mpinge confirmed that a 29-year-old suspect was arrested by police and appeared in the Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court on February 8.
Nkawana described her sister as someone who used to put her family first in everything she did, adding that they will miss her dearly.
Meanwhile, KwaZulu-Natal Social Development spokesperson, Mhlabunzima Memela, told Fever that the Department has dispatched social workers to provide psychosocial support to the family and to ensure that they are given trauma counselling.
They have a responsibility to expose all those who are involved in any form of abuse. “What is sad about this is that the perpetrator allegedly killed the mother in front of the child and that will scar the child for a long time. The problem is that these cases of gender-based violence happen behind closed doors. And in most cases, the people who are subjected to the abuse do not inform their families about what is happening. People who are being abused need to come out to report these cases,” said Memela.
