Suspect remains in jail
THE boyfriend of murdered Khayelitsha woman Aviwe Jam Jam will stay in prison for another four weeks until his next court appearance. This is after Linda Ntula was charged with attempted murder for Jam Jam’s stepfather and malicious damage to property.
Jam Jam’s battered body was found after she went missing in Vygieskraal Stadium, Athlone, last month. At the time of her murder she had been living with Ntula, with whom she had a 2-year-old son.
Police spokesperson FC van Wyk said no arrests have been made. On Friday, Ntula made a brief appearance in the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court. The case was postponed until September 8.
It is alleged Ntula and a group of friends attacked Jam Jam’s stepfather while he was entering the driveway at his Site C home. Her stepfather escaped the attack, but was rushed to hospital where he received 12 stitches in his head.
Jam Jam’s stepfather, who declined to be named, said a week after the attack, Ntula and his friend came back to his home and fired shots.
The bullets chipped the wall in two places. “From the time we first met him we saw that he was not the right man for her, but we welcomed him because we loved Aviwe,” said the stepfather. Jam Jam will be buried in Dimbaza in the Eastern Cape at her biological father’s family homestead this weekend. A memorial service will also be held for her at Ntlanganiso High School in Site C at 6pm.