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Married man (32) fatally axes cheating girlfriend
28 Dec 2011 at 09:31hrs | Views
A Pumula married man, Mthi Mhlanga (32) reportedly fatally axed and stabbed his girlfriend after finding her with another man. Mhlanga went on to hang himself at a neighbour's house on Christmas Eve.
Mthi Mhlanga was employed by the Bulawayo City Council and he reportedly ran amok when he found Ms Sukoluhle Ndlovu (40), who is his neighbour and also a shebeen queen, entertaining another man from the same suburb, at her home.
"Mhlanga was supposed to have gone to his rural home in Nkayi on the fateful day. I think Suku took advantage of that to bring in the other man.
Unfortunately, Mhlanga did not go. He first chased after the man he found at the house and then came back to assault Suku.
He had failed to catch him," said a neighbour.
Another neighbour said Ndlovu screamed for help and people gathered and banged on the door which was locked.
"Mhlanga, who looked like someone possessed, opened the door and threatened to assault anyone who intervened. He then grabbed an axe and went back into the house. A few seconds later, we heard a blood curdling scream and Mhlanga emerged, drenched in blood," said the neighbour.
The neighbour said when they went into the house, there was blood everywhere and the axe was stuck on Ndlovu's head and had to be removed at the United Bulawayo Hospitals.
"There was also a blood stained knife in the room. Someone rushed to make a report at Pumula Police Station while others started looking for Mhlanga. He was found hanging from a tree at another neighbour's house in the early hours of Christmas Day," said the neighbour.
"We are yet to recover from what we saw. We used to think such things only happened in movies, where they were created by imaginative directors. It is very scary to witness them in real life."
Ndlovu's son, Mr Brian Ngwenya was still struggling to come to terms with his mother's gruesome death.
The police spokesperson for Bulawayo Province, Inspector Mandlenkosi Moyo, confirmed the incident yesterday. He appealed to members of the public to always find amicable ways of solving disputes.
"We would have loved a violence-free festive season. We appeal to members of the public not to resort to violence to solve differences. We advise them to seek counselling or the intervention of community leader like churches and elders in society," said Insp Moyo.
Mthi Mhlanga was employed by the Bulawayo City Council and he reportedly ran amok when he found Ms Sukoluhle Ndlovu (40), who is his neighbour and also a shebeen queen, entertaining another man from the same suburb, at her home.
"Mhlanga was supposed to have gone to his rural home in Nkayi on the fateful day. I think Suku took advantage of that to bring in the other man.
Unfortunately, Mhlanga did not go. He first chased after the man he found at the house and then came back to assault Suku.
He had failed to catch him," said a neighbour.
Another neighbour said Ndlovu screamed for help and people gathered and banged on the door which was locked.
"Mhlanga, who looked like someone possessed, opened the door and threatened to assault anyone who intervened. He then grabbed an axe and went back into the house. A few seconds later, we heard a blood curdling scream and Mhlanga emerged, drenched in blood," said the neighbour.
The neighbour said when they went into the house, there was blood everywhere and the axe was stuck on Ndlovu's head and had to be removed at the United Bulawayo Hospitals.
"There was also a blood stained knife in the room. Someone rushed to make a report at Pumula Police Station while others started looking for Mhlanga. He was found hanging from a tree at another neighbour's house in the early hours of Christmas Day," said the neighbour.
"We are yet to recover from what we saw. We used to think such things only happened in movies, where they were created by imaginative directors. It is very scary to witness them in real life."
Ndlovu's son, Mr Brian Ngwenya was still struggling to come to terms with his mother's gruesome death.
The police spokesperson for Bulawayo Province, Inspector Mandlenkosi Moyo, confirmed the incident yesterday. He appealed to members of the public to always find amicable ways of solving disputes.
"We would have loved a violence-free festive season. We appeal to members of the public not to resort to violence to solve differences. We advise them to seek counselling or the intervention of community leader like churches and elders in society," said Insp Moyo.
Source - Chronicle
