Crime in the Queenstown police area
A 40-YEAR-old man appeared in the Cofimvaba Magistrate’s Court last Friday on charges relating to the rape and murder of a 65-year-old woman from Lalini administrative area in St Marks.
The Rep reported (Police seek killer of two,” May 15) that Nomathamsanqa Mabona was found in a pool of blood outside her home by her grandchild.
This week, police spokesman warrant officer Namhla Mdleleni said Siyolo Ntlabezo was arrested last Thursday in Cala. “The deceased sustained wounds and had been raped. A case of rape and murder was opened.” The case has been postponed to June 9. *In a separate case, two suspects in their 20s, including a Grade 12 pupil at Abambo Senior Secondary School, were arrested on charges of rape and murder following the death of a 34-year-old woman in Kleinbulhoek two weeks ago. Nokwezi Langa went missing from her home in Lower Zangqokwe administrative area at Kleinbulhoek on May 6
“A search was conducted by the police and on May 8 the body was found near a river. Police discovered she had been raped and strangled,” Mdleleni said.
Grade 12 pupil Luvuyo Nofemele, 20 and 21-year-old Zoyisile Nazo were arrested and appeared in the Whittlesea Magistrate’s Court. The case was postponed for a formal bail application.
*In Thornhill police arrested two suspects on murder charges on May 16 after a 35-year-old unidentified man was found dead in open veld. The man from Lesotho had gone missing on May 12. A police search led to the discovery of his body two days later, Mdleleni said.
“Two suspects were arrested and will appear before Ntabethemba Magistrate’s Court on murder charges. Police are still tracing his family. We appeal to the community to know the details of people they employ, especially those from outside the province or country.”
*The Cathcart police were investigating a case of armed robbery after the post office was robbed of an undisclosed sum of money on Saturday. Mdleleni said two armed suspects entered the post office as the postmaster opened the doors. He was held at gunpoint and the men fled with the money. No arrests have been made.