Accused killer ex-cop brought to tears by questions about boyfriend
QUESTIONS surrounding the death of her boyfriend brought accused insurance claims killer and former policewoman Rosemary Ndlovu to tears in court.
She had seemed unmoved in the High Court proceedings at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court up to this point on Wednesday.
Ndlovu, 43, stood accused of killing five of her relatives and her lover, Maurice Mabasa, and then cashing in on fraudulent life insurance claims.
Mabasa was stabbed over 80 times in 2015, allegedly by hit men instructed by Ndlovu. His body was found dumped in Olifantsfontein, an area in which he had cohabited with Ndlovu.
She testified that she grew worried when Mabasa failed to return from work on October 14, 2015. Mabasa worked as a security officer at the US Embassy in Pretoria.
Ndlovu was alleged to have fraudulently got paid over a million rand by insurance companies following the deaths.
Her sister Audrey Ndlovu was found strangled in her room in Tembisa. She had been poisoned.
Ndlovu also allegedly killed her cousin, Witness Madala Homu, who succumbed to head injuries.
Her niece, Zanele Motha, died in 2016 after being attacked in Kempton Park. The State alleged Ndlovu was also involved in this killing.
Her alleged other victim, nephew Mayeni Mashaba, was found murdered in Olifantsfontein. He also suffered head injuries.
Her sixth alleged victim was the son of her sister, Audrey. Brilliant Mashego was found killed at a marketplace in Bushbuckridge.
Ndlovu’s alleged killing spree ended in March 2018 when her plot to kill her mother and six other relatives was cracked by police. Ndlovu was caught on camera telling undercover police how to murder her sister and the five children she was staying with in Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga. The police arrested her at a taxi rank in Bushbuckridge, and her house in Gauteng was searched, where policy documents were found.
The policies are said to have been worth millions of rand.The trial continues.