Man bust for death of doctor

Police flying squad trace missing car

A Congolese man appeared briefly in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the death of a Rwandan doctor who was on holiday in Cape Town.

Raymond Dusabe‚ 40‚ a gynaecological oncologist in Kigali‚ was found dead in a flat in Sea Point on Monday.

He had reportedly been struck over the head with a blunt object and his body was only discovered days later.

Swahili-speaking Junior Kamono from the Democratic Republic of Congo told acting magistrate Joe Magele he would conduct his defence in English. He was arrested after a police flying squad unit traced the doctor’s car.

The Rwandan ambassador in SA‚ Vincent Karega‚ said he had no idea about a possible motive for the murder. The doctor and his alleged attacker reportedly met in Sea Point in the hours before the attack.

The Stellenbosch University website said that Dusabe was Rwanda’s first gynaecological oncologist. He grew up as a refugee in Burundi after some of his family were killed in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

He returned to Rwanda in 1998 and studied medicine at the National University of Rwanda, before specialising in gynaecology at Stellenbosch.

King Faisal Hospital tweeted it was “saddened to announce the death of Dr Raymond Dusabe [and] expressed its most sincere sympathies to his family during this difficult time. His work here will not soon be forgotten. He will be greatly missed. May He Rest In Peace.”