Witchcraft

Judgement for family accused of killing a woman and her daughter expected soon. Image: File Image

Family who accused and murdered neighbours for witchcraft appear in court

Judgement for family that accused and murdered a woman and her 12-year-old daughter for witchcraft expected next week Tuesday.

Witchcraft

Judgement for family accused of killing a woman and her daughter expected soon. Image: File Image

Judgment in the case of murder of a woman and her daughter accused of witchcraft, who were allegedly killed and stuffed in a suitcase by neighbours is expected on Tuesday.

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Mother, daughter and grand daughter accused of murder

Judgment for a double-murder case involving a mother and daughter and their neighbours who accused the deceased of witchcraft is expected to be handed down in the Durban high court on Tuesday, 9 May.

Slindile Zamisa, 43, her daughter, Andile Zamisa, 23, and a teenager appeared in the Durban high court on Thursday.

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They are facing two counts of murder, kidnapping and defeating the ends of justice charges regarding the murder of neighbours, Simangele Simamane and her 12-year-old daughter, Sbongakonke Mthembu, whom they accused of witchcraft.

Simamane and her daughter’s bodies were found stuffed in a suitcase on Lwandle Drive, KwaDabeka, in October 2020.

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Accused of witchcraft

According to the court indictment, on October 6 2020, the three together with another woman, Nomfundo Ngcobo, are said to have engaged the mother and daughter under the guise of wanting to resolve issues between Sbongakonke and the teenage accused.

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When Simamane and her daughter arrived at their house in Newlands West, Zamisa and her family allegedly accused the deceased of practising witchcraft.

They accused them of witchcraft and killing Bheki Ngcobo, who was Nomfundo and the teen’s father as well as Slindile Zamisa’s husband.

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