Tell cop’s wife

The bathroom was left in this state after the fire.

ing reduced to ashes, the relative alluded to that she became hysterical and this time around, the grandson was the one comforting her. The distraught relative revealed that the house had been recently completed after it was built in 2018 when the coronavirus pandemic began.

Kitchen

Meanwhile, a tour around the torched house found everything reduced into ashes, from the ceiling to the tiles. Remnants of what used to be beds, wardrobes, as well as kitchen stove were the only visible items.

Chief Police Information and Communications Officer Superintendent Phindile Vilakati confirmed the arson attack on the police officer’s homestead on Thursday. The police spokesperson said no arrests had been made and that the police were still investigating the matter.

It is worth noting that officer Motsa is among several officers of the law who are victims of arson attacks by unknown people. Recently, a soldier’s house was torched in a supposed disguise to steal her full uniform at Ngculwini on November 6.

told the court that these were published at the instance of Mavuso. After Dlamini had been taken to South Africa by the PI, Shongwe alleged that he was accused of having expressed to Masotja’s wife that he wanted to take over and have sexual intercourse with her since her husband was gone.

Shongwe informed the court that after the television programme, hosted by Qhawe Mamba, was aired on Channel YemaSwatini, he received a lot of phone calls from concerned people. He said a number of people enquired about the allegations made by Mavuso. He said he was a pastor in the Jericho Church and Mavuso had destroyed him completely with the allegations he made about him.

I was hounded by many people locally and internationally; as far as overseas. They included members of my church and business associates. My business was affected as I was no longer getting clients,” said Shongwe.

The PI said he told those who were concerned and enquired about what they had heard being said during the television programme, and read in the newspaper, that he had denied the allegations made by Mavuso.

He said he explained to them that his job also entailed locating a person who had fled another country. He said in this case, he was engaged lawfully and was paid for the job he did. The PI is represented by Derrick Jele of Robinson Bertram while Mavuso and Msibi are represented by Leo Ndvuna Dlamini of L.N. Dlamini and Associates.

Lungile Ndzinisa (30), who is a member of the Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force (UEDF), had her house set alight by unknown arsonists for the second time within a space of two months.

In another incident, a police officer’s house was petrol-bombed by two unidentified people at Maliyaduma in the wee hours of the morning. The damage of the arson is said to be approximately over E50 000.

The police officer, who is stationed at Mliba Police Station was reportedly inside his house together with his wife and minor child, estimated to be two years old, when the arson took place at around 2am. Everything was reduced to ashes inside the house, save for the building.

Meanwhile, in what could be termed as a direct response to the recent soldiers’ brutality, a senior military man suffered damages amounting to about E1.2 million after his three-bedroom house was torched. The incident took place in May at around 10pm at Corporal Michael ‘Manjengeni’ Vilakati’s home at Ngculwini, in the Manzini Region.