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Residents in the quiet village of Dopeni were awakened by hysterical voices of people shouting that the two buses at the mini bus depot were on fire early last Friday morning. The bus that was burning was a double trailer of Great North Transport (GNT). Acording to the residents, the two buses were parked close to each other when the fire started on the double trailer. (See a full report of the incident on page 2).
Killed for her money? By Elmon Tshikhudo
Ms Mihloti Mabasa, who was found murdered in her room.
The family of a 28-year-old mother of two, who was found murdered in her hut at Jerome village in Malamulele last Thursday morning, say they believe she was killed for her money. Ms Jerminah Chauke, the elder sister of the deceased, Ms Mihloti Norah Mabasa, said her younger sister had more than R2 000 with her when she went to sleep. “She had money from her child grant; R500 was given to her by my mother to buy food, and she also had more than R1 000 she had won in playing cards,” said Jerminah. She said when her mother went to sleep, Mihloti was with one of her gambling mates, Mboniseni Xikweni. “Later that night, Mboniseni woke my mother up and said some people had come inside the house and shot and killed her,” said Jerminah. However, Jerminah said her sister did not have bullet wounds and appeared to have been attacked
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with another object. She said Mihloti was the pillar of the family as she used to help her mother, who is a reputable food vendor in Malamulele. Jerminah said Mihloti was a brave, strong woman and could not be overpowered easily. She said she believed she was probably attacked while asleep. “My mother, Mthavini, is suffering from asthma and high blood pressure and most of the time she relied on Mihloti to go and assist in her business,” said Jerminah. On Sunday, angry youths from Jerome Village toyi-toyied outside the Malamulele police station, demanding the arrest of the killers of Mihloti Mabasa. The youngsters from Jerome village, who had abandoned a community meeting discussing the murder, were brandishing stones and sticks. They later went back to the village on the main road from the Malamulele police station via Malamulele town. The main street in Malamulele was left strewn with trash and vehicles had to skew away to the pavement to avoid the items. Local civic chairperson Always
Baloyi said the community was still shocked by the incident. “We decided to have a meeting to discuss the incident and it was during the meeting that some youths left as they were angry. They believed that the police were reluctant to arrest certain suspects. We are going to address the youth, because whatever information we have about the case we must give it to the police and not allow disorder to reign in our community,” said Baloyi. Malamulele police spokesperson WO Alson Mapindani said some young people had gone to the police station to seek information regarding the progress in the case. “It was not a formal march and I understand they went there in a large number but later left,” said Mapindani. “I can confirm that the police are investigating a case of murder, after a 28-year-old woman was found dead in Jerome last Thursday. It appears that she was stabbed with an unknown object. So far, we have questioned some people. No one has been arrested yet,” said Mapindani.
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