Woman raped, shot dead

“I am unable to walk, hence I’m on this wheelchair. Doctors say my spinal cord is injured.”

The siblings’ brother, Sanele Zuma, said Kwanele was raped before being shot in the head.

“We waited for them until 10pm [on Monday]. We thought they were stranded. The next morning, our other brother and my elder sister went to tell her manager at the mine that she won’t be coming to work.

“We went to the police to report that my siblings were missing; and at around 10am, we got a call that they have been found and were in hospital. But when we asked Ngceboyenkosi about Kwanele, he told us that he last saw her in the taxi before he was thrown out,” said Sanele.

Provincial police spokesperson Brig Leonard Hlathi said they were investigating cases of murder, attempted murder and possible rape.

“They were robbed of their belongings…,” said Hlathi.

Kwanele’s mother Margaret Zuma said she was hoping that her daughter would find a better job so that their finances could improve. Kwanele only started working at the mine last month. “I’m very hurt about this. When she went for this interview I thought she would take us to greener pastures … but I didn’t know that [going to] this [interview would lead to] her death.”

Gert Sibande mayor Muzi Chirwa visited the family yesterday and said they would help the family with funeral arrangements.

Source :  Sowetan