Shocking murder of Zim woman in Jo’burg

JOHANNESBURG — Human rights group Zim Community in SA says it is shocked by the report of a 36-year-old Zimbabwean woman who was hacked to death with an axe in Alberton, Gauteng last Sunday.

 

The woman was killed after an argument with a neighbour over a canvas sail used to cover shacks.

 

According to the spokesperson for ZimCommunity SA, Ngqabutho Mabhena, the woman had tried to recover the sail from her neighbour. An argument broke out, and he hacked her with an axe.

 

The woman had a baby on her back at the time. “This young mother with her baby on her back was savagely hacked to death with an axe by a man known to the community. Her children saw what had happened.

 

“The tragedy unfolded when she sought to reclaim her canvas sail, which the assailant had taken to cover his shack,” said Mabhena.

 

Mabhena said he was disappointed that police had not arrested the assailant, being known to the community. The Standard

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