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M- The South African Police Service has said that if the relatives of Sakhile Malinga (20) do not come to identify him, they will be left with no option, but to begin the process of a pauper’s funeral.
Malinga is one of the emaSwati men who were brutally murdered for ‘inombolo’ five months ago at Hartebeeskorp in Ermelo. However, relatives of the other man, Simanga ‘slender’ Maseko have since gone to SA to identify and
Detective Sergeant Petros Mpilo Mayaba who is stationed at Hartebeeskop Police Station, Emerlo in South Africa has asked that Sakhile’s relatives claim him. (R) The notice issued by the Royal Eswatini Police Service.
confirm his body at a mortuary in the neighbouring country.
According to Detective Sergeant Petros Mpilo Mayaba, only the relatives of Maseko came and identified him as their own in the past week after this publication ran the story of the deceased.
“The deceased’s mother came at the police station at Hartebeeskorp and we took her to the mortuary where we keep corpses of unknown persons, but unfortunately she had no funds to cater for its transportation,” confirmed the SA police.
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He further disclosed that the mother of Maseko returned to Eswatini and promised to come back and fetch the body after raising the funds.
On the matter of Sakhile Malinga, Mayaba disclosed that in the event his relatives did not come through for his body then by Friday (yesterday) they would begin the processes of applying for a pauper’s funeral with the municipal authorities of Ermelo.
Chief Police Information and Communications Officer, Superintendent Phindile Vilakati has issued a statement where the public is requested in assisting the police locate the rela