South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Sunday 17 July 2022 Photos: Supplied/SAPS/Facebook/Stock
South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Sunday 17 July 2022
In the latest news in South Africa on Sunday 17 July 2022, a South African woman lay DEAD in her London flat for over TWO years.
South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Sunday 17 July 2022 Photos: Supplied/SAPS/Facebook/Stock
We’ve got the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa on Sunday, 17 July.
A 61-year-old South African woman lay dead in her London flat for more than two-and-half years before police discovered her decomposed skeletal remains.
Meanwhile, in KZN a woman was shot twelve times in the head, neck, and back by unknown gunmen. Her boyfriend was also injured.
In Mpumulanga, three people, one in the driver’s seat, one in the passenger seat and the boot of the vehicle were found burnt beyond recognition on farm.
The police in the Free State arrested two suspects in connection with the mass farm murder in Kestell within 24 hours. Seven people were brutally murdered at Lismor Farm.
A family in Alexandra township is reportedly mourning the death of their four-year-old child who was injured in a car accident on Wednesday but was turned away from the Alexandra Health Centre/Clinic in Johannesburg.
TODAY’S LATEST NEWS IN SOUTH AFRICA, Sunday 17 July
South African woman lay DEAD in London flat for more than TWO YEARS
A 61-year-old South African woman lay dead in her London flat for more than two-and-half years before police discovered her decomposed skeletal remains.
According to a report by the Daily Mail UK, the woman identified as Sheila Seleoane died in 2019 but was only found in 2022.
Police made the gruesome discovery in February 2022. Sheila was found propped on the sofa and apparently flanked by deflated party balloons (the presence of which is yet another mystery).
Woman shot twelve times, boyfriend injured in Cottonlands, KZN
A woman was allegedly killed and her boyfriend was shot in the abdomen, both hands, and his head during a shooting incident in Cottonlands in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on Friday night.
Two unknown men reportedly stormed into the woman’s residence and shot her and the boyfriend without warning.
According to the victim, two unknown suspects forced their way into the house and shot them without warning. They then searched him for valuables before fleeing empty-handed.
Three people in car BURNT beyond recognition on Mpumulanga FARM
Police said three people, one in the driver’s seat, as well as in the passenger seat and the boot of the vehicle were found burnt beyond recognition on Mpumulanga farm.
According to police spokesperson Colonel Donald Mdhluli, the torched vehicle was discovered at a farm in Pienaar on Friday.
“A farm worker went to the farm around 14h00 where he noticed upon arrival that the farm gate was opened meanwhile as he recalls, on Monday, 11 July 2022 the gate was locked when they left.
“On closer inspection, he realised that there was a car, a Hyundai i10 which was burnt. He further realized that there were human remains in the vehicle.”
Colonel Donald Mdhluli
The man then alerted the police about the discovery.
Four-year-old turned away from Alexandra Clinic due to load shedding dies
A family in Alexandra township is reportedly mourning the death of their four-year-old child who was injured in a car accident on Wednesday but was turned away from the Alexandra Health Centre/Clinic in Johannesburg.
The family is said to have arrived at the clinic at 17:00 after security guards told them the clinic had no electricity as the generator was not working.
According to the family, the child died from his injuries when they tried to take him to a hospital.
Lismor farm murder: Two suspects arrested for allegedly killing seven people
The police in the Free State arrested two suspects in connection with the mass farm murder in Kestell within 24 hours. Seven people were brutally murdered at Lismor Farm.
READ: Mass farm murder: Seven ‘brutally shot and killed’ in Free State
South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Brigadier Motantsi Makhele said two men – aged 22 and 34 years old – were arrested after an intelligence-driven investigation.
The suspects were nabbed along a road just outside Bohlokong Township. “Two firearms, shotgun and pellet gun believed to have been stolen from the same farmhouse were also recovered with the possibility that one of the firearms could be the murder weapon,” said Makhele.
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