Machete murder at Bulawayo nightclub

Ms Phuthi said Talent had arrived on Saturday morning from his panning activities only to be killed hours later.

“We don’t know what really transpired because we were not at scene. But his brother who was with him said he was attacked with a machete. They managed to identify his attacker. His brother and his friends on Saturday evening just told us that Talent had been attacked and an ambulance had taken him to hospital. Initially we did not think his life could have been in danger,” said Ms Phuthi, as she struggled to hold back tears.

“At about 4AM six police officers knocked at our door informing us that we should go to Mpilo Central Hospital as Talent had died while being ferried to the hospital.”

She said they found Talent’s bloodied body at the mortuary showing that he had been savagely attacked.

Ms Phuthi said on Sunday morning they visited the crime scene at the terminus where they found a pool of dry blood showing that he bled extensively. She said they endured the trauma of cleaning up the blood.

Ald Ndlovu, who was conducting campaigns in Cowdray Park’s Esigodweni area, said some people were using the murder for political mileage.

“There are a lot of untruths in this. Some people say he was stabbed in my bar which is not true. Plus Bornwell is my brother’s son. He doesn’t even stay with me. He is an adult responsible for his actions. I can’t be responsible for what my relatives do, I’ve others who support Zanu-PF and others who support MDC-T led by Khupe. Their actions should not define my political path. So I don’t think what happened should impact my campaign,” said Ald Ndlovu.

A resident said yesterday a group of gold panners attacked patrons at Ald Ndlovu’s night club and disrupted the aspiring councillor’s campaign team which was set to conduct a road show.

Bulawayo police spokesperson Chief Inspector Precious Simango said Talent’s relatives handed Ndlovu over to police on Sunday afternoon after beating him up.

“Police officers proceeded to the suspect’s place of residence and conducted a search. They recovered a blue jean trousers and a red T-shirt that he was wearing on the day of the killing, which were still bloodstained but had been washed and hung on the washing line. The accused is still in police custody,” said Chief Insp Simango.

She challenged member of the public to avoid using violence to solve differences. — @nqotshili