VICTORIA Mahlalempini, a 67-year-old woman and mother of businesswoman Thandeka Nene, who is entangled in President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead debacle, was stabbed to death during a house robbery in Nagina, near Mariannhill, on Wednesday 3 December.
Mahlalempini, an apostle with Power of God Ministries, was stabbed 21 times while she was holding an evening prayer with two young men at her home that evening. Her 27-year-old son was outside when the attackers struck.
According to police spokesman, Thulani Zwane, four men forced their way into the house at about 9.30pm. The intruders tied up the hands of the three men and locked them in a wardrobe. Mahlalempini was tormented in the living room before being brutally stabbed.
Her attackers ransacked her home, stole her TV and sound system and then fled in her car. Four men were arrested in Umzinto, on the South Coast, a few hours after the incident.
“Two of the alleged attackers were questioned while the other two aged 20 and 34 were charged with murder and robbery,” said Zwane.
Nene was recently released on R30 000 bail, charged with corruption and 18 counts of fraud. She was accused of allegedly falsifying the qualifications of her construction company, Bonelena Construction Enterprise, in order to secure tenders to build a school and other government contracts valued at R118 million.
Nene is demanding to face her mother’s killers to find out who sent them as she believes it was a set up.
