MBOMBELA – The Circuit Local Division of the Eastern Circuit District of the High Court of South Africa will pass a verdict in the murder trial of Mawande Nokwanda Matsebula (23) today.
She was charged with ill-treatment, neglect and murder after her son, Siphosethu Mhlanga, died at the age of three years and 11 months old. He was allegedly assaulted and died from a loss of blood that resulted from the injuries incurred during the assault. It is alleged that his mother assaulted him by hitting him with her bare hands and a stick and kicking him.
Judge Peter Mabuse postponed the case to January 15, 2015. Phsycological reports will now be obtained on the accused.
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